Opinion
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TIA: Regulating Broadband Under Title II Will Harm Investment, Innovation
Opinion -The Telecommunications Industry Association hosted a Webinar in May explaining how regulating broadband under the Federal Communications Commission’s Title II rules will hamper investment and innovation. -
Maintain Web’s Wild West Spirit
Opinion -Those who have seen the HBO TV drama series Deadwood might recall how it presented a microcosm of Adam Smith’s theory of spontaneous order. -
FCC Bans Churches’, Clubs’ Wireless Microphones
Opinion -Claiming public-safety concerns, the Federal Communications Commission announced a ban on all wireless microphones operating in the 700 MHz band after June 12. -
China Tightens Regulations on Foreign Internet Services
Opinion -New laws by the Chinese government increasing its regulation of Internet Service Providers are causing increased concern and some embarrassment for U.S. companies operating there. -
Media Advisory: Oklahoma Adopts Scholarships for Disabled Children
Opinion -Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry (D) on Tuesday signed a landmark bill granting parents of children with disabilities the right to choose the school their children will attend. -
E-Commerce Tax Explodes into Privacy Rights Battle
Opinion -Efforts by Colorado and North Carolina to tax Internet sales have sparked a firestorm of bipartisan criticism.Right-leaning groups calling the idea a tax-grab that violates the U.S. -
North Carolina Taxpayers Face Bailout of Muni Broadband Service
Opinion -City leaders in the North Carolina cities of Davidson and Mooresville recently informed residents that the $92.5 million cable TV and broadband system the towns own jointly will require an additional $6.4 million subsidy from taxpayers next year. -
Advisory Group Advocates Internet Self-Regulation
Opinion -A new organization to support Internet self-regulation and respond to Federal Communications Commission attempts at reclassifying broadband services under common carrier rules has been formed. -
Join Heartland at the Union League for Lunch
Opinion -Join The Heartland Institute for lunch at the Union League Club with Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and author of The Battle: How the fight between free enterprise and Big Government will shape America’s future. -
Media Advisory: Oklahoma Adopts Scholarships for Disabled Children
Opinion -Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry (D) on Tuesday signed a landmark bill granting parents of children with disabilities the right to choose the school their children will attend. -
Minnesota County Hopes Federal Money, Google Will Fund Muni Broadband Plan
Opinion -Lake County, Minnesota, is hoping for a federal grant to fund its proposed $70 million municipal broadband service—and, lacking that, will hope Google or municipal bonds will get the long-delayed project underway. -
Murkowski seeks to stymie EPA
Opinion -The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday, June 10 on a resolution to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling that carbon dioxide emissions pose a threat to human health and welfare. -
NC Considers Moratorium on Municipal Broadband Projects
Opinion -The North Carolina legislature is considering legislation to discourage the creation of taxpayer-financed broadband networks pending a government-directed study to determine its worth. -
NJ Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employees’ Online Privacy
Opinion -The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that employees have a right to privacy when sending emails from work on their password-protected accounts, a case that is helping to clarify the definition of “reasonable expectation of privacy” on the -
Wireless Company Sues to Clarify ‘Right-of-Way’ Fees
Opinion -Scottsdale, Arizona's "wireless encroachment fees" violate the concept of free "right-of-way" in federal and state law, according to a lawsuit filed against the city by a telecommunications company.NextG Networks of California Inc. -
Obamacare Allies Embark on ‘AstroTurf’ Campaign
Opinion -On Tuesday, allies of the White House announced an unprecedented $125 million campaign to promote the health care reform bill President Barack Obama signed this spring. -
Consumer Power Report #225
Opinion -The impact of ObamaCare is already showing up in some pretty disturbing ways. A new insurance company founded by our friend Paul Kitchen in Virginia has announced it will close its doors. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-12
Opinion -A Queens woman is suing Citibank, claiming the bank fired her because she looked too sexy at work.The woman was a business banking officer at a Citibank branch in Manhattan. -
Property and Casualty Insurance: Where Does Your State Rank?
Opinion -Consumers in four U.S. states enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance coverage at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card released by The Heartland Institute. -
Politics Outweigh Science in Global Warming Debate
Opinion -[Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a series by scientist and NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham, pilot of the Apollo 7 space mission and holder of a master’s degree in physics. -
U.S. Sitting on Sidelines of Global Nuclear Renaissance
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Consumer Power Report #224
Opinion -Well, how quickly the mighty have fallen. -
Media Advisory: More States Drop Out of “Race to the Top”
Opinion -Tuesday was the deadline for states to submit applications for the remaining $3.75 billion in federal “Race to the Top” grants. -
Raise for D.C. teachers is budgetary suicide
Opinion -Education Secretary Arne Duncan has estimated that as many as 100,000 teachers may face layoffs in the coming year.
