Homeland Security could take your laptop at airport

Published in August 1st, 2008
Posted by sonia in Nanny state alert
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Now, this is quite disturbing. As if going through airport security weren’t bad enough, but now officials are authorized to take AND COPY your data. Increase in identity theft, anyone?

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Radio to the People

Published in February 22nd, 2008
Posted by Sonia in Nanny state alert, Sonia Arrison Columns
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This week marked the anniversary of the announcement that the satellite radio firms Sirius and XM plan to merge, yet so far the companies have not been allowed to consummate the marriage. That’s because regulators are standing in the way, backed by well-heeled Washington lobbyists out to prove that ridiculous ideas still have an impact [...]

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The Quest to Neuter the Net

Published in February 12th, 2007
Posted by Sonia in Competition policy, Nanny state alert, Sonia Arrison Columns
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What do liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Christian Coalition have in common? No, it’s not a penchant for government-funded jet rides — it’s a misguided belief about net neutrality, proposed rules that could affect the future of Internet management.
The net neutrality debate is basically a question of whether or not broadband service providers [...]

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New Yorkers can’t walk and listen at the same time?

Published in February 7th, 2007
Posted by Sonia in General, Nanny state alert
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That’s what a state senator from Brooklyn seems to think. Sen. Carl Kruger is proposing to ban people from using an MP3 player, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street in New York City and Buffalo. New Yorkers should be insulted by what this implies.

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