The Inquisition ()- March 4, 2004 In this essay, I draw parallels between the way Congress treats economists and the way the inquisition treated Galileo. Imagine that you were invited to a party held at a bar. You show up, and you give $5 to the...http://bottomline.corante.com/archives/2004/03/the_inquisition.php Gilder, the FCC, and the court ()- March 4, 2004 The worst thing you could do to telephone regulation is to turn it into a state and local regulatory circus, which is what the FCC proposed to do last year, due to Kevin Martin's treachery. I have no idea what...http://bottomline.corante.com/archives/2004/03/gilder_the_fcc_and_the_court.php Declan on Privacy ()- March 1, 2004 Declan McCullagh draws a distinction between private snooping and government snooping. If you don't like Safeway's discount card, shop at Whole Foods, which doesn't offer one. If Amazon.com's recommendations about books based on your previous orders are annoying, try barnesandnoble.com...http://bottomline.corante.com/archives/2004/03/declan_on_privacy.php Clay on VOIP ()- March 1, 2004 A couple of excerpts from his latest. If Plan A is "Replace the phone system slowly and from within," Plan B is far more radical: "Replace the phone system. Period." ...Where Plan A is a fight between incumbent and upstart...http://bottomline.corante.com/archives/2004/03/clay_on_voip.php |