I was pretty on the fence about Apple’s iPhone, when it was first announced. Truth be told I was pretty on the fence about smartphones in general. I had an iPod, I had a PDA, I had a cell phone. I liked using all of those devices, but thought that convergence was going to be a problem – why would I listen to music all day and then prevent myself from making phone calls?

On Tuesday, President Obama announced that “we’re proposing a complete elimination of capital gains taxes on small business investment.” The very next day, the Democratically-controlled House voted to more than double that tax rate. Oops.

Recently Apple Co. released the latest version of their storied operating system, 10.6, otherwise known as “Snow Leopard.”

The revolution is here, and it is in people’s living rooms. Of course I’m not speaking of a Marxist holiday, I’m referring to the development codename for the hottest gift item over the last two years, that we know as the Wii.

Recently Charles Barkley revealed to CNN’s Campbell Brown that he intends to run for governor of Alabama in 2014. He believes the state has nowhere to go but up, and while Alabama is “number 48 in everything,” Arkansas and Mississippi which are apparently 49 and 50 “aren’t going anywhere,” which means to Mr. Barkley that at the very least, he can’t screw things up any worse.