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EMI Dropping Copy Limits

This is a bit off the beaten track here, but I note that the music industry is finally figuring out just how stupid it has been in recent years. EMI, which is based in London, announced a joint deal with Apple to sell its music on iTunes free of copy protection. The New York Times […]

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Fact Primer on the Attorney Firings

Folks seem to be really confused as to why this is a big deal. Quite a few of you are repeating the Republican ‘talking point’ that: “Clinton fired all 93, so what’s the big deal about Bush firing 8?” OK. Listen up and I’ll tell you. First: it is normal for an incoming President to […]

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Open Warfare? Congress Takes on the White House

The US Attorney scandal has all the makings of a first class spectacle. It pits the slick spinmeisters of the White House, and the Frat Boy-in-Chief against people like Senator Leahy from Vermont who is the living embodiment of non-slickness. The crisis is building and the sides are lined up for the next round. It […]

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