Is Stability Our Goal? – Adam Smith Institute To listen to some commentators these days you would think that stability is indeed our goal. Almost a steady state society, one in which things rarely if ever change. We should deliberately curb innovation for example, for this brings with it such … More

CNN’s Toobin Seems Puzzled by Difference Between a Gun and a Missile – NewsBusters.org Liberal CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin appeared on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS on Wednesday night, and Smiley focused on several “hot button” issues that were largely ignored in the general election… A Cancer on … More

DC Auto Bailout Ideas Involve US Equity Stakes, Turn into an Early Christmas Tree – NewsBusters.org Ken Thomas’s Associated Press report today (link is dynamic, subject to change, and will probably be gone in a week) on auto industry bailout ideas emanating from Washington includes these items, all of which … More

A Growing Tension with the First Amendment – InsiderOnline The proliferation of media that digital technology has made possible, writes Randolph May, has only increased the tension between government regulation of broadcast content and the First Amendment… Reject Political Stimulus, Embrace “Deregulatory Stimulus.” And Do it FAST. – OpenMarket.org Facing … More

Media Reformista to Manage FCC Transition? – The Technology Liberation Front There’s much to discuss as Obama shapes his administration (more on this at OpenMarket.org) but arguably one of the most important unanswered questions is who Obama will pick to staff the Federal Communications Commission… Isn’t It Nice: Obama Can … More

Nothing Innovative in Federal Education – Cato-at-Liberty I’m getting to this paper — a proposal from moderate-liberal, Democratic insiders Andy Rotherham and Sara Mead — kind of late because I was working on other things when it came out, but something in it begs for commentary, especially since folks like … More

The Failure of the EU Savings Tax Directive – Adam Smith Institute In Challenges facing the EU Savings Tax – the first independent study of the EU Savings Tax Directive – Keith and his co-author, Graham Mather, reveal that the European Commission is in danger of scoring an own goal … More