Technology

The competitive local exchange carriers are always looking for another shot in the arm by peddling their familiar “pro-competitive” theory of antitrust that would require the government to pick winners and losers and would have a chilling effect on investment. Yesterday they renewed their effort to force Verizon and AT&T to divest all network fiber they acquired in last year’s Read More ›

Assume you have just purchased a large piece of property you intend to use for agricultural and recreational purposes. You decide the best place to build your house is about a mile from the main road, and that the best place for you to build a road (driveway) to your new house site is along one of your property lines. Read More ›

This article, published by SFGate, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: We’re paying in fuel and air pollution to power them (George Gilder projects that Internet computing will soon require as much power as the entire U.S. economy did in 2001) … The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by CCNews, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Hance Haney: Signers of the letter include … Hance Haney, senior fellow and director of the Technology & Democracy Project, Discovery Institute; … The rest of the article can be found here.

A group of experts, including Hance Haney of the Discovery Institute, sent the following letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives expressing concerns over “network neutrality” proposals. View PDF May 9, 2006 Honorable Joe BartonChairmanCommittee on Energy and CommerceU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 Honorable John D. DingellRanking MemberCommittee on Energy and CommerceU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 Read More ›

A coalition including the Discovery Institute sent the following letter to members of the United States Senate opposing “network neutrality” proposals under consideration in various committees. Dear Senator: We write to you with concern about the effects “network neutrality” proposals will have on the efficacy of the Internet. The Internet is invaluable to us and our constituencies. Any federal action Read More ›

This article, published by Linux.SYS-CON.com, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: This was a show unlike any other. The work around Java was frenzied, kicked off by breathless articles by the likes of George Gilder and the staff of Wired magazine. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by Xchange Magazine, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Hance Haney: “”The term ‘’competition’’ means different things to different people,”” writes Hance Haney, an analyst for the Discovery Institute think tank, in his blog. The rest of the article can be found here.

FreedomWorks Discovery Institute Citizens Against Government Waste American Conservative Union National Taxpayers Union Competitive Enterprise Institute March 31, 2006 The Honorable Joe BartonChairman, U.S. House Energy and Commerce CommitteeRoom: 2125 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Barton: As members of the free-market community, we, the undersigned organizations, are encouraged that the latest draft of the telecommunications legislation takes Read More ›

There’s about to be a building boom in Indiana, which is desperate good news for a state that has been severely challenged by the global manufacturing shift and years of ambivalent leadership. The chief architect of the boom is the state’s decisive Governor Mitch Daniels, President Bush’s former budget director. In Washington, Daniels drew scorn from congressional big spenders, acquiring Read More ›