Lessons From The Ma Bell Era

The Open Internet and Lessons from the Ma Bell Era

What will happen to today's open Internet if government imposes new rules on broadband providers? In this video, Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia explores the history of government regulation of the telecommunications market and the lessons we can learn from it.

Shaping the Debate

Brownback's Mountain - William Yeatman and Iain Murray's op-ed on National Review Online

Kagan and the Agency-Exhaustion Doctrine: A Response to Media Matters - John Berlau's op-ed on National Review Online

Should Internet Gambling Be Legalized? - Michelle Minton's op-ed in The New York Times' Room for Debate

Department of Labor Inspector General Nominee: Too Political, Too Controversial - Vincent Vernuccio's op-ed on BigGovernment

You Auto Know Better - Iain Murray's op-ed in The Washington Examiner's Examiner Opinion Zone

UAE BlackBerry Ban is Latest Clash Over Information Control - Ryan Radia's citation in Voice of America

Best of the Blogs

Give & Take: Fifth Amendment Complicates Net Neutrality by Carolyn Homer

Missouri Voters Overwhelmingly Reject ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate in Referendum by Hans Bader

CSR and Oil Companies: The Truth Dawns? by Iain Murray

LibertyWeek Podcast

Episode 104: Battlefield Arizona

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guest John Vaught LaBeaume to episode 104. We tackle Arizona’s immigration prospects, school reform efforts in D.C., the future of offshore drilling, why you have the right to remain French, and the stormy waters of congressional ethics investigations.