In the recent movie “Thank You for Smoking,” a tobacco lobbyist comes under fire for working to protect people’s right to smoke. A similar movie could be made about gambling and the villain would be Representative Bob Goodlatte.
The Virginia Republican has been fighting to enact legislation on Internet gambling for some time, and he can [...]

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Tuesday’s WSJ had an excellent piece (subscription required) by Ed Phelps where he argues that capitalism answers the Rawlsian test of justice because “the introduction of entrepreneurial dynamism serves to raise Rawl’s bottom scores.” Phelps just won the Nobel Prize in economics and I can see why. This is a brilliant piece.

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For years, Microsoft has come under heavy fire for not making its systems secure enough. Now, with the upcoming release of its new operating system (OS), Windows Vista, the company is being unfairly attacked by self-interested competitors for adding more security to protect consumers.
Back in 2002, when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced that the company [...]

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