“Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.” King Alfonso X, Spain 13th Century I’m a student of history. As a student of history, I believe in taking a long view regarding current events. I...
I hate politics. More accurately, I don’t understand politics or human nature. Today’s Clemens’ hearing was a pointless hearing used to examine which of two people were lying about ten year old sporting events. How can even this hearing end up...
The 1996 Telecom Act was an unmitigated disaster. Its lessons must also shape any attempts to regulate the internet. As a society, we have accepted that an oligopoly of cable and telecom interests will provide consumers with access to the internet. Until recently,...
The American Cable Association has recently filed public comments with the FCC alleging that Conglomerated Media uses two primary practices to restrict how channels are packaged, offered, and priced at retail: Tying and bundling; Tiering and distribution obligations;...
This is Part One of a multi-part series on Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet. This is obviously a complicated topic. Its a topic that is of great interest and importance to the Digg and P2P crowd. Its a topic of great importance, but not great interest, to...
This is the second of two articles on the expansion of the federal government powers as a result of the enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment. The Seventeenth Amendment But even before the Supreme Court changed course on the meaning of the Commerce Clause, the people...
