02.09.2015
By Bill Wilson Type “Obamacare” into any Internet search engine and in less than a third of a second — faster than the snap of your fingers — tens of millions of results will bombard you. Within these pages are literally billions of words addressing the law […]
02.06.2015
By Robert Romano Republican leaders have three times this week attempted to bring legislation to the floor of the Senate that would fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. But Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) won’t let that happen. Each […]
02.05.2015
By Robert Romano In 2006 and 2008, Republicans were all but annihilated politically, losing both the House and Senate, and then the White House in very convincing fashion. A combination of unfavorable political circumstances and then a devastating recession were enough to sweep Democrats into supermajorities. Yet, […]
02.03.2015
By Rick Manning The Super Bowl is over, Pete Carroll called the worst play in the history of the game, and there are only about two weeks until pitchers and catchers report. Nationwide Insurance bummed everyone out, Nissan tells us that a lifetime of neglect can be […]
02.02.2015
By Robert Romano “[W]e will not use appropriated funds to terminate the IANA functions contract with ICANN prior to the contract’s current expiration date of September 30, 2015.” That was Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling speaking to the State of the Net conference at a session entitled , “Internet Functions in Transition: Is the US and the World Ready?” on January 27. Here, Strickling […]
01.29.2015
By Robert Romano “Last year the Administration announced it wants to give up oversight of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) contract. If this transition is going to happen, it has to be done very carefully. We have […]
