In a six-to-three decision, the US Supreme Court last week declined to address the substantive merits of the plaintiffs’ jawboning claims in Murthy v. Missouri that multiple government officials unlawfully coerced and significantly encouraged leading social…
By Clay Calvert | July 2, 2024
I recently got a message asking me what I thought about this Washington Times article by Susan Ferrechio on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and…
By Will Rinehart | July 1, 2024
Competition is beneficial in many areas of life. It can lead to lower prices, higher quality goods and services, more innovation, and greater variety. When companies compete for workers, they may…
By Bronwyn Howell | July 1, 2024
As part of the initiative to bolster cybersecurity defenses, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is championing the widespread adoption of Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs), a security mechanism to…
By Shane Tews | June 28, 2024
Is technology really addictive, or is that just another myth? What hidden benefits of AI are we overlooking? And how will the landscape of innovation shift as lawmakers tighten the…
By Shane Tews | June 27, 2024
Benjamin Franklin’s reputed last great quote, in his November 1789 letter to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, opined: Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be…
By Bronwyn Howell | June 27, 2024
China’s move to dominate the world electric vehicle (EV) market poses major challenges to the world trading system and, the US argues, to national security. While the policy responses are still…
By Claude Barfield | June 26, 2024
Last week, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthycalled for a “warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents.” He contends it…
By Clay Calvert | June 25, 2024
An ordinary bill signing became extraordinary last month when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis used the occasion to deliver a detailed critique of the bill he was signing, Senate Bill 24-205. The bill is…
By Will Rinehart | June 24, 2024
Sometimes a hearing about transparency ends up being about free speech. A recent meeting of the House’s bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence ended up being about democracy, for me. In…
By Jim Harper | June 23, 2024
America has a vibrant history of innovation and entrepreneurship. This heritage laid the foundation for today’s bustling e-marketplace and its unparalleled successes. Ninety-five percent of Americans participate, creating over 10 percent of US…
By Mark Jamison | June 21, 2024
Who, beyond deceased shooter Salvador Ramos, bears legal responsibility for the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022? According to two…
By Clay Calvert | June 19, 2024
A couple weeks back, Tim Lee, the author of the Understanding AI Substack, put out the following plea on X: “I really wish there were more economists involved in discussions of the implications…
By Will Rinehart | June 18, 2024
Apple unveiled at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC24) Private Cloud Compute, or PPC, last Monday as a new way to manage the technical possibilities around security and privacy in cloud computing…
By Shane Tews | June 17, 2024
Broadband has been a bright spot in America’s grim inflationary landscape. While consumer prices rose 4.9 percent last year, two recent reports show that consumer broadband prices fell, both in absolute terms and…
By Daniel Lyons | June 14, 2024