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A self-proclaimed fence-sitter, one may only categorize Lightwave as “uncategorized”. While registered as a Democrat (US), he also espouses many of the beliefs of the right. Often idealist and cynic at the same time, he believes that most ideologies work best when balanced.

By trade, Lightwave has spent the last 15 years in Information technology, private business, and the government sector. He has earned his Batchelor’s degree in Computer Science as well as an MBA and a Masters degree in Information Systems Management.

On a quest for a lifetime of learning, Lightwave does his best to stay current in technology, business, and economic topics. Devoting himself to his wife and daughter, Lightwave finds legal topics to be more of a hobby, but hopes to one day pursue a Juris Doctorate.

It's the Market, Stupid: Negative Economic Impacts of Raising the Minimum Wage

Before beginning to write this article, I was of the opinion that minimum wage should at least be adjusted for the cost of inflation, but I had put little additional thought into the matter. Raising the minimum wage is certainly a popular idea with Americans today. Indeed, Americans overwhelmingly support an increase in […]
Posted 14 January 2007 § economics § government, law, and politics ‡ Comments (27) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Is NFP Just Another Form of Contraception?

In the post “French Bishop Urges Vatican to Reopen Debate on Whether 1+1=2”, Funky mentions that: “Pope Paul VI banned contraception in the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, arguing that sexual intercourse was meant for procreation and any artificial method to block a pregnancy went against the nature of the act.”  I was inclined by this to […]
Posted 20 February 2006 § science and technology ‡ Comments (159) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Does It Really Matter is Harriet Miers Would Overturn Roe v. Wade?

A lot of discussion has ensued over whether Harriet Miers would be a proponent of overturning Roe v. Wade if confirmed to a seat on the Supreme Court. Indeed, for many, this is an extremely important because some see this as the single most important issue a Justice may influence. […]
Posted 25 October 2005 § government, law, and politics ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , , ,

Hiding From Big Brother

I recently read an article in Baseline talking about how workers in the UK are up in arms about being tracked by RFID tags in whorehouseswarehouses: "The fear? The stated fear is they'll be tracked every time they take a break or head for the rest room. The unstated […]
Posted 10 August 2005 § essays, editorials, fisks, and rants § government, law, and politics ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: ,

Is Wal-Mart Really to Blame?

I'd like to respond to some of Howard's and Steve's comments to my previous article, so I'll take them in turn. Unfortunately, I'm so darn long-winded that it's too big for a simple comment post, so its taken the form of an article: Costco's competition with Walmart Howard speaks of how Costco effectively competes with Walmart […]
Posted 28 July 2005 § economics § government, law, and politics ‡ Comments (14) ° Tagged: , , , ,