Publications

When a state is trying to recover from one of the worst natural disasters ever experienced, it makes sense to streamline regulations so as to encourage rapid expansion and investment in new infrastructure.

With recent reports predicting a lower-than-expected federal budget deficit, supply-siders have more evidence that backs up their theories—along with some unexpected challenges.

Emerging technology often forces us to face difficult ethical decisions—and sometimes it exposes bad ethical positions.

Let there be no doubt about it, big brother is here: New York City Councilman Joel Rivera.

In a June 21 announcement, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it—not Congress, mind you, but the FCC—was going to tax cellular and Internet phone companies on “only” a part of their total revenue: about 62 percent of a wireless phone company’s revenue, and about 35 percent of Internet phone companies that provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

Proposals for energy independence are decidedly unserious. If officials believe America faces a crisis, they should propose the equivalent of a new Manhattan Project. In any case, the best energy policy is leaving the marketplace free to adapt to changing conditions.

Government is almost devoid of anything that could be called innovation or creative thinking—except when it comes to taxes.

Thinking about a frosty soft drink to quench that summer thirst? Enjoy it now, because one day it might have an added tax on it.

Many are attempting to rewrite intellectual property protections by altering the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, whether by broadening definitions of permissible conduct such as “fair use”, or by wholesale changes to current law. However, many have failed to consider the ramifications of these changes to our international agreements. Some legislative proposals would require renegotiation or complete dissolution of these trade agreements.

Finally, both states and the federal government are coming to understand that government regulation was the biggest factor holding back the broadband rollout, and they are beginning to get out of the way.