Opinion
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California-Based Online Retailer Won’t Collect New York Sales Tax
Opinion -Newegg, a California-based online retailer of consumer electronics, announced on August 21 it would not collect sales taxes required by an Internet sales tax measure adopted by New York state. -
Parents Control Kids’ Cell Phones
Opinion -If you watched television during this year’s back-to-school advertising season, you couldn’t help but notice a slew of cell phone commercials hawking products with new parental controls. -
Struggle with Olympics Pirates Should Not Bring New Regulations
Opinion -Holding the U.S. broadcast rights to the Beijing Olympics, NBC waged an aggressive campaign to thwart Americans who attempted to use the Internet to circumvent its monopoly. -
Study: Internet Traffic Capacity Not Under Excessive Pressure
Opinion -A new report casts doubt on predictions of runaway Internet traffic levels that will overburden the infrastructure capacity in coming years. Dr. -
Yahoo Revises Ad Opt-Out Policy After Congressional Inquiry
Opinion -In response to a Congressional inquiry, Yahoo, Inc. has decided to enable its users to opt out of customized advertising on Yahoo Web sites. -
San Jose International Airport’s Wi-Fi Investment Defended
Opinion -The August issue of InfoTech & Telecom News quoted tax and technology experts questioning the wisdom of implementing a free wi-fi service at the taxpayer-supported Mineta San Jose International Airport. -
Internet Capacity Issue Divides Policy Experts
Opinion -Information technology experts are divided on exactly how Internet capacity issues that may arise in the future will or should be resolved. -
Massachusetts Judge Stops MIT Students from Presenting Transit System Hacking Tips
Opinion -A federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Boston has issued a gag order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students from presenting research findings at Defcon 16, an annual conference of computer hackers. -
Telecom Regulations Are Cutting Landline Use
Opinion -Regulations imposed in the days of landlines and telephone monopoly are burdening consumers and businesses alike and should be dismantled, according to a new study from the Discovery Institute. -
Online Game Provides Lessons about Zoning
Opinion -Policymakers can learn much from a proposal to increase regulation in the popular Web-based virtual world known as “Second Life,” market analysts say. -
Russian Cyberwar Against Georgia Raises Internet Security Concerns for United States
Opinion -When the Georgian-Russian war broke out on August 8, reports of attacks on official Georgian Web sites gave the impression of a coordinated cyberattack from Russia. -
Star-Gazing Not Free In Chicago
Opinion -Dear Editor: The Washington Wire blog administered by Wall Street Journal writer Joe Barrett reported on Sen. McCain's charge during the most recent presidential debate that Sen. -
Support for Global Warming Alarmism Continues to Wane
Opinion -Around the world, controversy over climate change continues to grow. Contrary to what the politicians tell us, there is no consensus of scientific thought on whether there is a man-made component to global warming. The science is certainly not settled. -
Alarmist Claims Global Warming Causes Increase in Kidney Stones
Opinion -New research by University of Texas-Southwestern professor Margaret Pearle claims global warming will cause an increase in kidney stones. -
National Park Service Scientist Caught Spreading False Environmental Data
Opinion -A senior science advisor with the National Park Service (NPS) knowingly used false scientific data to overstate the environmental impact of a family-run oyster farm in the Point Reyes National Seashore, on the Pacific Coast 30 miles south of San -
Interior Department Drafts New Oil Shale Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Department of the Interior has published proposed regulations for the production of oil from shale deposits on federal lands, bringing the nation one step closer to accessing oil reserves three times as big as those of oil giant Saudi Arabia. -
Los Angeles to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags
Opinion -The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban plastic grocery bags unless the state imposes a 25 cent fee on the bags by July 2010. -
Biotech Makes Eggplants Resistant to Devastating Insects
Opinion -Researchers in India have begun field testing on eggplants genetically improved to resist devastating attacks by the fruit and shoot borer. -
NASA’s Spencer Tells Congress Global Warming Is Not a Crisis
Opinion -Roy Spencer, Ph.D., U.S. -
Manhattan Declaration Opposes Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -Since its creation in March by the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, the Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change has attracted more than 1,200 signatories from 40 countries, ICSC -
Taxpayer Money Gone with the Wind If Billionaire Pickens Has His Way
Opinion -Billionaire financier T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and subsequently in an op-ed piece in the same, seems erroneous in several respects. -
Aquatic Herbicide Success Inspires Rhode Islanders to Protect More Lakes
Opinion -Inspired by the success of aquatic herbicides in eliminating invasive milfoil from the Smith and Sayles Reservoir, Glocester, Rhode Island residents are forming a new environmental group with the goal of ridding other area lakes of milfoil. -
October 2008 Environment & Climate News: No Warming Crisis
Opinion -The October 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News features several articles about the rapidly waning concern over global warming. -
Wisc. Governor Calls for More Nuclear Power
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D), whose past statements and actions indicated a lack of support for nuclear power plant construction, is now speaking out more favorably on the subject.
