Articles by Bill Roof

Matters of Evolution; Revolution

With the possible exception of Charles Darwin, matters of evolution generally take a back seat on the news bus to matters of revolution. So it has been with the 23 bills affecting the insurance industry that struggled through the 77th …

Gramm-Leach: The Devil’s Rope

All the recent talk about the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act got me to thinking about privacy and particularly privacy on the Internet. That led me to The Devil’s Ropeโ€”the invention of Joseph Glidden, the Father of Barbed Wire. As we know, his …

Another Major Shift

Only few would disagree that we are on the threshold of an economic revolution of some kind. No one knows just what it is yet because it is all around us and we have no high point from which we …

Good News: Business is Strong

Naysayers and the prophets of doom and gloom aside, the powerful economy of the Lone Star State is not likely to fade anytime soon. In fact, just the opposite is more probable. And that is clearly good news for the …