Oh yes, and given the demonstrated link between having health insurance and living longer, it may also be a pretty powerful piece of pro-life legislation.

FORBES: Is Health Insurance Anti-Life?

Along with the usual challenges of battery life and wireless range, Apple has so far argued that touchscreen laptops are unwieldy and isn't exactly in a rush to supplement booming iPad sales -- even if granted, the patent may just be a matter of covering the bases rather than any kind of roadmap for a two-piece MacBook Pro.

ENGADGET: Apple tries for a patent on removable laptop touchscreens with wireless charging

The first piece of the quid pro quo is already in place.

ECONOMIST: The price of the Fed��s lifeline is yet to be determined

His official complaint is circulating around the Internet now, and plenty of pro-Oatmeal legal-types are reviewing it and pulling it apart piece by piece.

FORBES: Charles Carreon on His Oatmeal Suit: "Being Unpopular Gets You Places"

In contrast to pro-immigration voices that is often associated with Silicon Valley, this piece reflects the same old protectionism we see in many other places in this country.

FORBES: Misunderstanding the Benefits of High-Skilled Immigrants

According to a disconcerting new piece in the Harvard Business Review by Gregory Casey, the head of a pro-business political action committee called Business Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), survey data show that employees like getting political information from their employers, and they tend to trust what their bosses tell them.

FORBES: Should Employers Tell Employees How To Vote?

When combined with SBX Pro Studio Surround technology, it delivers awesome room-filling sound from a compact one-piece device powered by only the tiny USB current.

ENGADGET: Creative announces Sound BlasterAxx wireless speakers with mics (update: hands-on!)

Knowing the cost of collecting a premiere piece (arguably) from the fruits of Woz and Jobs, it certainly makes that new MacBook Pro with Retina display seem like a grand bargain in comparison.

ENGADGET: Apple I fetches $374.5K at Sotheby's auction, Steve Jobs Atari note goes for $27.5k