Monthly Archives: January 2007

Jack Shafer on Telecom Policy

Jack Shafer at Slate has recently begun writing more about Telecom policy, and the following are a few comments. In “New Wave: The case for killing the FCC and selling off spectrum,” Shafer revisits to the classic Coase argument that … Continue reading

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Slate Sundance

Wrote a piece for Slate — “Is Sundance Obsolete?” The basic idea underlying it is a theory of what film festivals are.  Read the piece to find out.

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Oscars

Since I liked this year’s films I was interested in the oscar nominations.   But for best pircture that Children of Men wasn’t nominated and Little Miss Sunshine was, that’s a travesty.

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Movies

Maybe I’m just getting old or watching too many movies, but I think right now is something, if not a golden age, at least some kind of bronze age, and at least not the cheese age people my age have … Continue reading

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War of the Worlds

New front page pic.

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Ma Bell is back

Perhaps I’ve written enough on AT&T for a while — but here is my latest slate piece, Bellwhether: Ma Bell is Back, Should you be afraid? School starts tomorrow.

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