May has been a busy month for Washington handwringers seeking to exert ever-more government authority over the Internet and telecom industries lest the rest of us forget who actually controls[…]
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the PROTECT-IP/Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA/SOPA) bill currently gaining momentum in Congress will cost taxpayers $47 million a year. In this video above from[…]
Economics · Internet/Telecom · Politics
The Daily Caller this weekend published my piece on why I think the AT&T/T-Mobile merger should be allowed to happen. An excerpt: … Third, charges that the merger will stifle[…]
Pummeled by tornadoes in April, North Carolina residents bravely soldiered forth to pick up the pieces, assist one another, and set the state aright. Not all disasters affecting Tar Heel[…]
America’s traditional “Tax Day” has arrived (though returns aren’t due until Monday, April 18). Not coincidentally April 15 also marks the cinematic release of Atlas Shrugged—Part 1. The timing could[…]
Tonight is the premiere of the long-awaited film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Go here to find out where part one of the trilogy is playing near you. Heartland’s Bruce[…]
The National Journal reported Monday that the White House will likely veto any House attempts to scuttle the FCC’s net neutrality rules: “If the president is presented with a resolution of[…]
Internet/Telecom · Media · Taxes
Full disclosure: I’m a snob. Increasingly, I shun popular culture for the esoteric film, theater, literature and music given far wider exposure on National Public Radio than on commercial stations.[…]
Despite claims that public radio only costs each federal taxpayer $1.35 a year, the real-world costs are far higher. I interviewed several public radio station employees recently, and discovered state[…]
Internet/Telecom · Media · Regulation
Sam Karnick, one of the most perceptive writers and thinkers in the free-market movement, has some interesting things to say about the recent kerfuffle over Keef Uberegoman at the Infotech[…]
Economics · Internet/Telecom · Media · Politics · Regulation
According to Wu, when a business succeeds where its competitor does not, it’s because the public is oblivious to the evils perpetuated upon them – and the rules weren’t fair to begin with because it presupposes some businesses succeeded at the expense of others’ failing.
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