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The book Freakonomics has been getting a lot of attention recently, and here’s a well done article by Max Borders on the original Freaks.

Broadband experts gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the future of high-speed Internet access. Much of the talk centered on Texas, where a major battle recently took place between telecom companies and cable firms. The focus of the

Silicon Valley folks care very much about the freedom to change and grow, but unfortunately they don’t often think deeply about the idea of freedom in general. This is further proof that the Valley isn’t libertarian in the way most

I’m on vacation in Europe. Will post more thoughts when I get back. Thanks for visiting my site!

That’s what Supreme Court Justice Kennedy would have said if he were impersonating the Big Lebowski. What he actually said was this: “Under our Commerce Clause jurisprudence, these regulations cannot stand.” Translation: It is now illegal for states to outlaw

You know how so-called “consumer” groups always make dire predictions about what will happen if a merger is approved by regulators? Well, I decided to go back and look at some of their old predictions. What I found was a

I’m in Las Vegas this weekend for freedom fest. If you’re here, come see me speak about Silicon Valley libertarians at 4pm tomorrow.

I highly recommend a new book called More Than Human by Ramez Naam. He makes the case that the desire and implementation of biological enhancement is entirely human. Here’s a column I wrote weaving some of his ideas in with

Agenda includes the Telco Act of ’96, the Central America Free Trade Agreement, preserving stock options as compensation features, patent reform, and spyware. For more, see this story.

Now, it’s also a tower for WiMax. Speakeasy is a cool company, and this should be one more piece of evidence to regulators around the country that there is *not* a monopoly in the broadband space. Don’t think anyone’s arguing