The only way to stem piracy is to make more content more widely available at a competitive price point, and include added-value that pirates can't match. It seems so obvious, at least to those of us not invested in failing 20th century business models. Piracy exists because consumers want content and can't get it legitimately. Legislation can't fix this. Remember Prohibition? Technology will find a way around enforcement every time. Remember DRM?" - John Tarnoff for the Huffington Post (see full story immediately below)
Individual Liberty
SOPA/PIPA :
Huffington Post - Piracy Shmiracy: We Need New 21st Century Business Models
The Atlantic - The SOPA/PIPA Protests: Who Cared Most?
EWeek - Secret Government Talks Create Treaty Stricter Than SOPA, PIPA
School Choice:
Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Thousands Rally in Support of School Choice
War on Drugs:
Examiner – Second Medical Marijuana Amendment Approved by Ohio Ballot Board
Gun Control:
Richmond Times-Dispatch – Senate Panel Backs Repeal of One Gun a Month Law
Foreign Policy
Iran:
Yahoo! News - Ahmadinejad says Iran ready for nuclear talks
SOUND MONEY
Federal Reserve:
Los Angeles Times – Federal Reserve Move on Interest Rates Good for Borrowers
Bloomberg – ‘Fool In the Shower’ to Give Fed a Good Scalding
TARP:
AP - Taxpayers still owed $132.9B from bailout: report
Taxes:
WTOP News - Delinquent: Feds, military owe $3.4B in unpaid taxes
Investor’s Business Daily - 36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes
CONSTITUTION
Obamacare:
Heritage Foundation – Obamacare: Obama ends Medicare As We Know It
Other News
Washington Post – Tim Thomas Says He Skipped White House Trip Because ‘Government Has Grown Out of Control’
Fox News – Geithner ‘Pretty Confident’ He’ll Be Gone As Treasury Secretary If Obama’s Re-elected