The Heartland Institute, a policy think tank located in Chicago that focuses on issues of state and local policy, has started publishing a new telecom newsletter called IT Update. It’s got columns from a lot of knowledgeable telecom policy folks, including Alfred Kahn, Solveig Singleton, Sonia Arrison, and Clyde Wayne Crews. The January issue has …
This article on students writing skills and blogging’s role in developing them, which features our own Kevin Brancato, makes some nice points about the skill development inherent in such an endeavor. For instance, I never thought about how the desire to connect to a network and the presence of public fact-checking can reduce plagiarism. Personally, …
Here’s an interesting article about the expansion of hybrid vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show. The article has a couple of nice comments about issues that I think are important, namely the unpredictable pace of technological change and the role that consumer preferences play in shaping the decisions of the manufacturers. Past auto shows have …
Toyota/Lexus unveiled their hybrid engine SUVs at the Detroit Auto Show; Toyota will make a hybrid Highlander and a hybrid pickup, while Lexus will make a hybrid RX400. From the Toyota press release: Like the popular four-cylinder Prius gas-electric hybrid, the 3.3-liter V6-equipped Highlander Hybrid will be powered by a new version of Toyota’s Hybrid …
According to this ITV article, the rumor that Rowan Atkinson is going to be in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is true, and that he’s going to play Voldemort! Voldemort? Voldemort! That’s some goofy casting. I am having serious difficulty imagining Rowan Atkinson in a sinister and non-funny role, notwithstanding the fact that …
Virginia’s recent New York Times column includes an interview with my friend and mentor Joel Mokyr, who recently edited the Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, which was published last fall. It’s a masterful work, with over 900 entries (complete with references) on a vast array of topics. For example, I wrote three entries for the …
This witty little article from the Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi recounts how the author and her sister, as an antidote to five ceaseless days of college football, curled up on the sofa and watched all six hours of Pride and Prejudice. Instead of nachos and chili, we had mimosas and brunch. In lieu of recliners and …
I should add, both for those unfamiliar and for full disclosure, that John Perry Barlow founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, of which my husband and I are members.
In cleaning house today I’ve updated the blogroll to reflect changes in my reading patterns, and I encourage you to visit folks such as Rand Simberg/Transterrestrial Musings, CrumbTrail, and Professor Bainbridge, if you don’t already. And I am thrilled, just absolutely thrilled, to be able to add John Perry Barlow to my list. I have …
Lots of interesting commentary on the recent 30th birthday of the Endangered Species Act. Let’s start with Juan non-Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy, with a post chock-full of good links to follow with more information on how miserably the ESA has failed to meet its objectives. One of the most important observations from Juan’s post …
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