Following the Money in Arizona’s CD8 Congressional Race

I’m going to be talking about campaign money, and only money, in this post. I am looking at the ‘money primary,’ not ideas, not merit, not talent: just money. So I don’t want to see any comments carping about how money isn’t everything. Of course it’s not; but for the purposes of this post, it’s … Read more

Going for Broke: Bankruptcy and the Environment

Link: Going for Broke: How corporations are using bankruptcy to evade environmental clean-up costs. Cleanup should be a cost of doing business, but without secured bonds and other rock-solid forms of financial assurance, it’s easy for corporations to walk away from their obligations. Montana learned this lesson the hard way. (When toxic sites do not … Read more

Net Neutrality?

It seems that the internet is abuzz with the possibility that Congress will end the Net Neutrality principle, which is the goose that laid the golden IP packet. Net Neutrality is the foundational idea that all parts of the internet should treat all packet traffic the same, regardless of its origin, function, or destination: all … Read more