Idaho’s Khan Academy Initiative: Embracing Educational Technology
Today’s technology means that education can be tailored to the specific needs of each child. Idaho is leading the way in adopting these types of… Read More
7 Steps to Solve Congressional Cyber Stalemate
Congress is back in session and “ready” to tackle cybersecurity. Regrettably, some in Congress are again proposing 19th century–style legislative solutions to this ultimately 21st-century… Read More
One Step on Cyber Espionage: Reform the Foreign Investment Process
Japanese telecommunications company Softbank wants to buy Sprint Nextel for about $20 billion. One barrier to the deal is unusual: Softbank and Sprint are being… Read More
Overcoming the Digital Divide: What Conservatives Must Do to Win
Robert Draper’s New York Times Magazine article last month spurred debates and discussions among conservatives about the role of digital media in politics. It revealed… Read More
Cybersecurity Executive Order Is a Mistake Every Way You Look at It
President Obama plans to issue his cybersecurity executive order on Wednesday, following his State of the Union address, according to The Hill. Based on drafts… Read More
Capitalism: Making Tires Safer and Most Things Better
Humans have been using tires since the dawn of the automotive age. But today’s tires aren’t much like their predecessors. Instead of being made with… Read More
VIDEO: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn’t
Steve Forbes believes the free market is getting a bum rap. Thanks in part to demagoguery from Washington’s political class and outright vilification from Hollywood, there seems to be… Read More
EPA Gives Green Light for California’s Costly Car Program
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a waiver to the state of California to move forward with its Advanced Clean Cars Program. The… Read More
A123: It’s Not China’s Government That’s The Problem
China’s largest auto-parts maker just won the bidding for A123 Systems, the bankrupted electric car battery company. It’s time to back the car up and… Read More
Time to Remove the Taxpayer Trough from Wind Producers
The meal provided by the taxpayer is over. When pigs finish eating the slop that a farmer put in the trough, they’ll hang around the… Read More
New Targeting Missile Would Knock Out Enemy’s Electronics
On October 16, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force made history when they successfully test-launched a new missile with the capability of remotely disrupting or… Read More
Facing Today’s Sputniks
Fifty-five years ago, America got a huge shock. The Soviets beat us to space with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. Instead… Read More
Congress Has Its Head in the Cloud
Today the House Judiciary Committee will discuss the technological and innovative power that cloud computing offers to individuals, the private sector, and the government. Cloud… Read More
Wanted: Smart Cybersecurity Solutions
Think back 20 years ago. What were you doing? Whatever answer you came up with, it probably had nothing to do with the Internet, which… Read More
Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Technology and the Fourth Amendment
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued an important ruling on the subject of surveillance in light of today’s technologies. Its opinion in United States v…. Read More
D.C. Taxi Commission Faces Backlash for Sting Operation on New Car Service
A District of Columbia city council member is calling on the city’s taxicab commission to allow competition to its “mediocre and unreliable” taxi services in… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation
Would you be outraged if the Department of Justice shut down The Foundry without any warning and blocked access for more than a year? That’s… Read More
Without Fanfare of Ohio or Wisconsin, Idaho Enacts Sweeping Reforms
Voters head the polls in Ohio today to decide the fate of collective bargaining reforms for government workers. It’s a high-profile referendum on a controversial… Read More
New Technology and the Arab Revolt
Political and technological changes have a history of going hand in hand. Technology empowers individuals to overcome their isolation and connect to share ideas, information,… Read More
Morning Bell: Time for America to Get Cyber-Serious
In the 1995 movie The Net, Sandra Bullock fights computer hackers attempting to cyber-sabotage her life. The hackers successfully change her identity, manipulate U.S. markets,… Read More
Obama vs. the iPad
President Obama’s disdain for new media has become so consistent that it is hard to dismiss as mere posturing. This is all the more ironic… Read More
“Meddling” and Clinton’s Global War on Censorship
Now, not only are we engaged in a War on Terror, but according to the U.S. State Department, apparently a Global War on Censorship. As… Read More
Taking Technology Seriously: Conservatives Turn a Corner
AUSTIN, Tex. — Anyone who follows technology and politics knows the narrative: The right is lagging behind liberals online. Whether it’s breaking news on blogs,… Read More
Turning the Tide in the Border Battles
TUCSON, AZ: I’ve been blogging about my visit to the area around Nogales, Arizona, listing all the troubles caused by broken borders. Now, as Paul… Read More
Free Trade Fact of the Day
In his New York Times column today David Brooks cites data showing that populist fears that free trade is destroying American manufacturing jobs are unfounded:… Read More
Free Trade Fact of the Day
ATLANTA — Contrary to the rhetoric of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — and CNN’s Lou Dobbs, for that matter — free trade continues to… Read More
Congressional Earmark Reform Website Comes Under Fire
A congressionally approved website devoted to earmark reform is on the verge of falling victim to a petty political fight on Capitol Hill. The House’s… Read More
Technology Not Part of Bush’s Speech
According to eWeek’s Roy Mark, the word “Internet” has never appeared in a State of the Union address by George W. Bush. Nor has the… Read More
