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

Sinverguenzas

Republicans have given Democrats a political gift. The gift is a Spanish language radio ad placed by the DNC that boldly lies to Hispanic voters (Windows Media Audio). Arizona Democrats are organizing to rebut the lie; but in my view, we would do better to pay for putting the original ad into heavier rotation. The … Read more