Reed Hundt
- : Reed Hundt graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School, practiced law for 18 years, and served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1993-97. Since that date, he has written and lectured about information sector politics, as well as served on various technology company boards.
Don't be so harsh
Atrios and others are taking too hard a line on Barack Obama's FISA stance. The key issue here is immunity. The Senator said he'd try to persuade the Senate to alter that provision. Furthermore, he said that as President he...more »
Posted on June 20, 2008 5:25 PM
FISA
It's very unusual for any company to obtain immunity from liability before anyone knows what that firm has done. Yet rumors are that Congress is about to assure the telephone companies such immunity from allegedly illegal surveillance, while passing the...more »
Posted on June 16, 2008 9:35 PM
Notice to Mainstream Media
Jason Furman is smart, principled, honest, and very well-informed. He also helped lead the idea-based and fact-based challenge to the completely disingenuous so-called reform of Social Security proposed by George Bush. Now that Jason is on the Obama economic team,...more »
Posted on June 12, 2008 10:52 AM
Oil Bubble
Someone who should know told me the other day that the federal government should sell oil futures short, perhaps thereby driving prices down. The worst that could happen, he explained, is that prices would not fall, but would rise, and...more »
Posted on May 23, 2008 11:28 PM
McCain and Goldwater
I'm holding a contest: in 100 words or less compare two Arizonans nominated for President: Goldwater and (presumably) McCain. Goldwater, as you can recall or look up, ran on the slogan "In your heart you know he's right." This was...more »
Posted on May 23, 2008 11:17 PM
Why is Hillary
Why is the Hillary camp talking up the possibility of her being Obama's vice president. The admirable and talented Liz Caputo touted the prospect on cable two nights ago; voluble Terry McAuliffe did the same on Larry King last night....more »
Posted on May 10, 2008 9:33 AM
The Real McCain (National Security Edition)
No one questions the amazing personal courage of John McCain during the Vietnam War. But when it comes to national security issues, and in particular strategic judgment, there is much to be quizzical about. His views on putting ground troops...more »
Posted on May 4, 2008 11:31 PM
Wizards
The deep flaws in the Wizards have now been totally revealed by the team's third successive defeat at the hands of LeBron James. The NBA is a double standard league. There was no reason to kick Songaila out of the...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 9:44 PM
The Real McCain (Tech Version)
John McCain is setting a remarkable record: he is the major party Presidential nominee with the skimpiest policy platform since Warren Harding or perhaps Calvin Coolidge. He's making George Bush's year 2000 policy work look encyclopedic by comparison. Because it's...more »
Posted on April 27, 2008 10:13 PM
Washington Sports Scene: Ugh
So Arenas loses another game for Wiz in his normal style: he leaves his man wide open for critical shot and he misses his own critical shot. I'm sure he's injured, but (1) why is he playing? and (2) he...more »
Posted on April 27, 2008 3:58 PM
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speaking of harsh,btw,take a gander at this:
"Even if you never met him, you know this guy," Rove said, per Christianne Klein. "He's the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."that's called, i think,projection. but also please note the dated references: country club, martini, snide. Also, as stated,the date is holding the martini, and the cigarette is standing. now that's a snide comment!
Posted at June 23, 2008 2:07 PM in response to Don't be so harsh
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I'm not an employee of Blackstone or Intel. I am on the board of various companies. I do not speak here for anyone but myself. I support Obama. So does everyone in my family, and son Nate is a field organizer for him, now off to North Carolina.
Posted at March 14, 2008 5:59 PM in response to Keystone State
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Here's number two:
2. As to elected delegate counts: don't they matter? If yes, when did Obama obtain the lead and how long has he held it? Who won more in Texas? On what theory can we think that elected delegates don't reflect the will of the Democratic Parties of the different states?
And, no, folks, I have no axe to grind; Hillary would be a terrific President and all the folks mentioned would be great FCC chairs; Frontline didn't raise enough money and is irrelevant to this discussion; I just think it's time for a change in the Democratic Party and that Obama is the better choice; and, no, it's not easy for me to reach this conclusion given how much I admire, and how grateful I am to, the Clintons.
Posted at March 10, 2008 9:05 AM in response to The Unvetted
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Larry, you show no effort to understand the facts and your comments are monumentally intemperate.
Posted at March 7, 2008 6:13 PM in response to Obama's Foreign Policy Follies
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Here my comments to my question:
-- I said "related" and not "sole cause of"
-- How could such massive government spending not contribute to inflation, given the absence of any tax to fund the spending?
--How could such massive spending not represent a giant opportunity cost?
--If one of the strategic benefits of the invasion was to be a peaceful, capitalistic Iraq integrated with the West, then how could the failure to achieve that result not have an impact on (I didn't say "sole cause") oil prices, and thus inflation and reduced economic growth?
--Doesn't anyone think the Iraq situation negatively affects American ability to shape world trade and to open global markets for our exports?
--And how can another one or two or more billion dollars of spending on Iraq not exacerbate all of the above?Posted at March 1, 2008 6:17 PM in response to Question for John McCain
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Wait a minute: I neither said a government agency should regulate speech, nor that Nader ought to be hated or stereotyped on racial, ethnic, religious, or gender-based grounds.
Posted at February 26, 2008 11:46 AM in response to Hate Speech as to Obama and Clinton
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I'm trying to argue that all the mainstream media are paying Nader attention, without a basis for doing so, and therefore Obama needs to explain directly why Nader doesn't deserve a vote. The last two Democrats tried to ignore Nader, at their peril, and to their regret. Credit Roth in "Human Stain" for "labonza" usage.
Posted at February 25, 2008 8:45 AM in response to Nader Who Doesn't Deserve Attention
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I will amend as follows: communist china and assertedly post-communist autocratic russia
Posted at February 24, 2008 6:46 PM in response to Cuba Libre
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I am completely grateful to Bill Clinton for nominating me to the FCC. I began talking often and working with Barack Obama when he was preparing to run for the United States Senate. I formed the view that he was destined for great things. More than a year ago, he asked me to support him in this quest and I agreed. I'm very sure he would not only be a fine President, but also that his election would be a moment of real change for our troubled nation.
Posted at January 6, 2008 6:25 PM in response to The Clinton Response
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This is a diction difference: commodities are not assets, as I use the term. Assets are plant, machinery, equipment, real estate.
Posted at January 5, 2008 5:58 AM in response to Trends and Politics
