Here in Silicon Valley I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often innovators with good safe jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.