Dennis Kucinich is not going to win the Democratic nomination for president, although he HAS convinced around 1% of the voting Democrats that he’s their man. Perhaps his campaign should not be considered a “failure” however, as how else would such a rodential-looking middle-aged fellow from Cleveland snag a date …

And not subject to telecom regulations as a result: The Federal Communications Commission, in a split decision, approved a request from voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider Pulver.com to be immune from the hefty stack of government rules, taxes and requirements that applied to 20th-century telephone networks. “This is in …

I have been asked to give my thoughts on gambling, which like most anything that rolls around in my head, I am happy to share. My particular animus is against state-sponsored gambling, i.e. lotteries, in which the general populace gangs up on the poor, gullible and stupid in the name …

Hey, I just realized it’s my two-year Blog-o-freaking-versary. In ways it seems an eternity since Marty Thau, Mike Crooker and I started the Tres Producers site in February of 2002 on the dreaded blogspot and started fumbling our way toward blogging ecstasy. I had just finished putting together a book …

As I said yesterday, my main concern regrding Comcast’s bid for Disney is that our May vacation to Disney World might somehow be interrupted, thereby causing my 4 year-old daughter Lily to interfere with my right to personal happiness. Selfish? All politics is local. I am happy to report that …

Yesterday’s Senate and House broadcast indecency hearings saw the usual grandstanding and puffery, but the problem is real: At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., urged cable and satellite companies to offer viewers the ability to pick individual channels for purchase, blocking out violence, sex and profanity. …

Profile of BitTorrent developer Bram Cohen in the NY Times: AFTER working for a parade of doomed dot-com startups, a young programmer named Bram Cohen finally got tired of failure. “I decided I finally wanted to work on a project that people would actually use, would actually work and would …

In a paper to be published today in the journal Nature, Intel scientists say they have made silicon chips that can switch light like electricity, merging computing and communications: The invention demonstrates for the first time, Intel researchers said, that ultrahigh-speed fiberoptic equipment can be produced at personal computer industry …

While my general concerns about free speech are nearly as absolutist as Reason’s Jesse Walker, I see a very specific and definite distinction when it comes to the public airwaves. I do not think the FCC’s indecency rules are unreasonable, and if they are gong to have them, they should …

First it was Akron implanting microchips into kitties, now Olmsted Falls is looking after the housing conditions of its dogs: City Council unanimously approved a law Tuesday requiring doghouses to be waterproof and lined with bedding that resists dampness. The houses also must be equipped with self-closing doors or flaps. …