U.S. seeks veto powers over new domain names | Privacy Inc. - CNET News

U.S. seeks veto powers over new domain names | Privacy Inc. - CNET News: "The Obama administration is quietly seeking the power for it and other governments to veto future top-level domain names, a move that raises questions about free expression, national sovereignty, and the role of states in shaping the future of the Internet."

House Republicans slash agencies, nick themselves - FoxNews.com

House Republicans slash agencies, nick themselves - FoxNews.com: "When Democrats took over Congress in 2007, they inherited a $3.8 billion budget for Congress. That includes money for members' and leadership offices, House and Senate committees, and support agencies such as the Capitol Police and the Congressional Budget Office, which crunches numbers for lawmakers as they consider legislation.

Since then, that budget has risen to $4.7 billion, a 23 percent increase over four years."

Phony Solutions for Real Social Ills | David Boaz | Cato Institute: Commentary

Phony Solutions for Real Social Ills | David Boaz | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Reducing the incidence of unwed motherhood, divorce, fatherlessness, welfare and crime would be a good thing. So why the focus on issues that would do nothing to solve the 'breakdown of the basic family structure' and the resulting 'high cost of a dysfunctional society'? Well, solving the problems of divorce and unwed motherhood is hard. And lots of Republican and conservative voters have been divorced. A constitutional amendment to ban divorce wouldn't go over very well, even with the social conservatives. Far better to pick on a small group, a group not perceived to be part of the Republican constituency, and blame it for social breakdown and its associated costs."