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News Item: “The FCC wants to start making 5G possible this week”   “The Federal Communications Commission, led by Chairman Tom Wheeler (pictured above), is set to circulate a proposal that will kick off implementation of 5G, and if passed, this proposal… more »

Just want to get this out of the way, since it's come up in a few conversations recently. "Barring the fact that the guy who shot up the club in Orlando was a "Good Guy With a Gun" until he became a Bad Guy With a Gun, have you ever seen someone react… more »

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit gave the Obama administration a victory today in the battle over the FCC’s “net neutrality” rules. Last year, the FCC promulgated rules designed to prevent the major Internet service providers (the major… more »

The day after yet another mass shooting. This is not another anti-gun screed. I have previously noted my own positions: There are legitimate uses for firearms such as hunting or target shooting; people should be able to own firearms. (Disclosure: We own… more »

For the last few months, I’ve been beating the drum for the march to the demise of the two-party system. I have coupled my observations with, among others, those of the Washington Post’s conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin and Rolling Stone’s Matt… more »

The All-Trump-All-the-Time media orgy surrounding The Real (as in real estate and reality TV) Donald Trump’s ascension to Republican nominee for President is only one aspect of what is at once the most fascinating and most disturbing Presidential… more »