Opinion
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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-14
Opinion -New York's "Naked Cowboy" is threatening to sue the "Naked Cowgirl" for $150,000, claiming she is infringing his trademarked look.The Naked Cowboy, Robert Burck, performs in Times Square, wearing only briefs, boots, and a cowboy hat. -
Broadband Technical Group Forms to Clarify Tech Issues
Opinion -Several well-known broadband network providers and Internet heavyweights have formed the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group to serve as a general tool for clarifying technical issues currently clouding policy discussions. -
Letter to the Editor: Bad Idea To Change Lone Tax Advantage
Opinion -Luckily for Illinoisans, the push to make the state's low, flat-rate 3 percent income tax more progressive appears to have slowed (June 23, "Lawmakers cool to graduated income tax plan"). -
Society of Broadcast Engineers Initially Snubbed by FCC
Opinion -The Federal Communication Commission has received strong criticism from the Society of Broadcast Engineers for excluding the organization from the FCC’s June 25 Broadcast Engineering Forum when the meeting was announced on June 9. -
Federal Trade Commission Explores Newspaper Bailout
Opinion -Reflecting its concerns that the Internet is undermining serious journalism, the Federal Trade Commission is examining avenues for taxing new media to support print media.The FTC announced the project May 2009. -
Private Schools Give Parents a Choice
Opinion -The June 22 article "Parents pay top dollar for extras" starts to uncover the potential of school choice. -
Why Don’t W.Va. Kids Merit Charter Schools?
Opinion -Here's hoping the Legislature's special session to consider a charter school initiative brings real reform.While the state spends upwards of $8,000 per student annually, student achievement is not up to snuff. -
Colorado’s TABOR Suspension Ends; Revenue Limits Return
Opinion -Colorado lawmakers must again abide by revenue limits in the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights constitutional amendment.After being suspended for five years, the revenue limits in the state’s TABOR went back into effect July 1. -
Consumer Power Report #228
Opinion -Independence Day is defined as "commemorating the Continental Congress' adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Obama and Snooki
Opinion -Today the first of President Barack Obama's 21 tax hikes to pay for his massively expensive health care law takes effect, levying a 10 percent tax on tanning salons. -
WHO Report: No Substantive Link Between Cell Phones, Cancer
Opinion -The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has released a report finding no increased risks of two types of cancerous tumors among mobile phone users. -
KIPP Charter Schools Close Achievement Gaps
Opinion -A study of 22 Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools nationwide finds race- and income-based academic achievement gaps narrowed significantly at the schools over the past four years.The study by Princeton-based Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. -
2010 July InfoTech & Telecom News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The July issue of InfoTech & Telecom News opens with a discussion of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to regulate the Internet under its Title II, telephone-focused rules -- an effort policy analysts and industry observers say will -
2010 July Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The July issue of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate News reports on the Senate’s vote to approve Illinois Sen. -
2010 July Budget & Tax News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The July issue of Budget & Tax News leads with a report on the new 1099 filing provision of the health care overhaul, which could cause an avalanche of additional record-keeping and reporting. -
2010 July Environment & Climate News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The July issue of Environment & Climate News leads with a report on the summer’s top environment story: the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
2010 July Health Care News (full text PDF)
Opinion -The July issue of Health Care News reports on the reaction to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, America’s primary health care agency. -
FAA Ponders Allowing Domestic Unmanned Aerial Patrols
Opinion -The Federal Aviation Authority is considering several requests from government and law enforcement agencies and private companies to allow unmanned aircraft to observe activities on the ground. -
Proposed Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Raises Concerns
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Dividends Tax Rate Could Rise to 68 Percent
Opinion -The expiration of the Bush tax cuts and new Medicare taxes on investment income that were part of this year’s federal healthcare overhaul will push the top effective tax rate on dividends to 68 percent in 2011—highest among all industrialized -
Cell Phone Termination Fees Prompt Legislation
Opinion -Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has launched a new campaign to reform telecom industry billing practices in the wake of an FCC report highlighting concerns over cell phone fees. Chief among these concerns are early termination fees, which can be very expensive. -
Media Advisory: Supreme Court Knocks Down Chicago Gun Ban
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court ruled today that the City of Chicago’s gun ban ordinance is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
McDonald v. City of Chicago
Opinion -On June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in McDonald v. City of Chicago that Second Amendment rights are incorporated against the states. -
Chicago Gun Decision: Thanks, Ralph Conner!
Opinion -Eleven days before he died on March 13, 2010, Ralph Conner, local legislation manager for The Heartland Institute, attended the March 2 reception in Washington, DC in honor of the plaintiffs in the McDonald v.
