Our bud Farhad Manjoo at Salon, cyber-sleuth, got hold of a draft of Sen. Sam Brownback’s consumer digital rights bill, discussed in Blogcritics here. Salon: Verizon has thrown in its support for an eight-page document that, in civil liberties circles, is referred to simply as the “Brownback bill.” That phrase …

New AOL radio ad deal erases the line between editorial and advertising: A $15 million advertising and promotional deal between Viacom’s Infinity Broadcasting Corp. and struggling online service America Online is raising hackles as some radio staffers perceive a breach of the separation between editorial and advertising content. The deal, …

A few weeks before the FCC media ownership vote, William Safire inveighed against loosening the ownership restrictions. He’s still at it: John McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, was also startled by the public reaction to the Floodgate scandal: “750,000 people sent messages to the F.C.C.,” McCain tells me. …

After millions of dollars in marketing and developmental costs, Blogcritics disreputable sibling – the Roger Clinton of the blogosphere – Blogcritics Plain Brown Wrapper is finally up, providing news and reviews from the world of adult entertainment. Though it is intended for those 18 and older, there isn’t anything all …

The most remote country in the world? Bhutan, which didn’t have public hospitals, schools, paper currency, roads or electricity until the 1950s, no diplomatic relations with any other country until 1961, and the first invited western visitors came in 1974, for the coronation of the Dragon King Jigme Singye Wangchuc. …

Our good pal, esteemed blogger, killer songwriter, and genuine ROCK STAR Dr. Frank has moved to a new locale, now called Dr. Frank’s Blogs of War. He was the first Blogs of War before the name was horned in on by interlopers who have never done shit for me. But …

So we finally are back from the visit to the doctor’s office. Dawn and I arrived at the OB factory promptly at 10:30. There were at least ten people in the waiting room of the large baby consortium. Multiple doctors, nurses, billers, schedulers, attendants and funtionaries milled about beyond the …

As a father-to-be, you know when the long slog between conception and birth is starting to pick up steam when you make your first tag-along visit to the doctor. here I go, back later……

Phillip has very kindly kindly referenced my new MSNBC story on Metallica and the Internet – there is a sub-feature on other bands that goes with it. Thanks! Many other bands are also taking advantage of the Internet to add value to their packages: Metallica certainly isn’t the first artist …

I’m back and way too tired to do anything of note. I will say this: it is a fine thing to spend time with all your far-flung children on Father’s Day – spent the day down in Columbus with the oldest and the youngest, and when the youngest and I …