Frontier Communications, which mutated from being a decent regional carrier into a debt-laden mess, thanks to Global Crossing, has decided to fall back to the revenue-generating strategy beloved of all duopolies: fucking the customer. In the town of Mound, MN, they’ve decided that anyone who exceeds 100 GB/month of usage will be charged $100/month. Those …
Free Markets Solve Everything
The politics of financial reform
I don’t agree with Chris Buckley about the merits of financial regulation but this is a perfect description of the politics: With certain exceptions, such as Senator Olympia Snowe, one is left with the impression that the Republicans would rather kill the bill than suffer the ignominy of another hideous Obama legislative success between now …
Ah, the blogosphere
This pretty much sums it all up: Jonathan Bernstein thinks that this somewhat bizarre post by McArdle, in response to Julian Sanchez’s posts on the conservative cocoon, is an attempt to hijack the thread. Matt Steinglass engages respectfully. Chait goes after Jonah Goldberg, who leans heavily on Megan’s post….Friedersdorf also responds to Jonah. And to …
The Invisible Hand Belongs to an Atheist
Apparently, Christian pharmacies are as successful as abstinence-only education: The Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy in Chantilly proudly and purposefully limited what it would stock on its shelves. But it turns out that no birth control pills, no condoms, no porn, no tobacco and even no makeup added up to one thing: No customers. The self-described …
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Third Verse, Same as the First
I love meat, but I’m not sure how many more stories like this I can stomache: The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general said federal agencies have failed to set limits …
Should This Be Surprising?
Blanche Lincoln’s proposal to trade derivatives on a public exchange is being called a “surprise” and “contrary to most expectations”. I can’t see why it’s surprising that a Senator from a rural, poor state, who happens to be in the re-election fight of her life, would want to stick it to bankers and fat-cats. Hating …
Working as Intended
Your latest entry into the “hoocoodanode” files: In late 2005, the booming U.S. housing market seemed to be slowing. The Federal Reserve had begun raising interest rates. Subprime mortgage company shares were falling. Investors began to balk at buying complex mortgage securities. The housing bubble, which had propelled a historic growth in home prices, seemed …