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January 20, 2009
The Emperor’s ‘Stimulus Bill’ Has No Clothes
The new Congress has a housewarming present ready for President Obama—a whopping $825 billion spending package that reflects the majority’s spending priorities and also helps the new president fulfill some of his campaign promises.
January 15, 2009
No Substitute for Mom and Dad
A groundbreaking report released Tuesday by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group formed to take an in-depth look at both the latest sociological research on on-line safety, and also to evaluate the efficacy of various proposed software solutions, found that when it comes to protecting children online there is no technological substitute for the role of law enforcement and parents in keeping society safe.
January 13, 2009
Making Keynes Proud
The media reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to propose a whopping $310 billion in tax cuts as part of his overall $775 billion stimulus package.
January 8, 2009
Privacy, Yes, but from Whom?
If you follow technology issues, you know that 2009 is the year that all of the various “privacy” issues are expected to mature and bloom into new attempts at legislation and regulation.
January 6, 2009
The Dumb Luck of a Do-Nothing Congress
How many times this past year did you hear some expert make some variation of the following statement: “We’ll never see gas prices below $X again.
December 16, 2008
The Only Effective Auto Bailout
No sooner had Senate Republicans killed a bailout for the Big Three automakers than the Bush administration indicated that it might be willing to tap perhaps $15 billion of the original $700 billion bailout to hand over to the car companies.
December 12, 2008
French Fried Communications Taxes
France has found a new way to again lead the world…in the wrong direction.
December 9, 2008
Barack Obama’s Hidden Tax Increase
During the presidential campaign Barack Obama claimed that under his tax plan 95 percent of working Americans would get a tax cut.
December 4, 2008
Government: Deploy Technology, Don’t Manage the Industry
We’re bracing ourselves for an effort by a newly-activist federal government to start playing again at central planning for industry—particularly the technology industry.


