A number of states now have laws prohibiting drivers from using hand-held cell phones in vehicles. But researchers are saying even that’s not good enough -- that any use of a cell phone by a driver increases the chance of an accident, so more restrictions may be coming some day.
Why does this behavior need to be regulated? Because of abuse. Those who use their heads know that engaging in a long or complicated phone conversation while driving can be a distraction. If people limited the use of cell phones to necessary communication while operating heavy machinery, there wouldn’t be a need for these laws.
Not everyone needs the penalty imposed by a law to do the right thing, or avoid doing the wrong thing. Sad to say, most of us do need these rules and regulations, and the people who think laws weren’t made for them still need the protection they afford. No one is above the law.
For decades, conservatives have been trying to convince us that free markets regulate themselves. Indeed, they would if some people weren’t dishonest or greedy. Seems like these economic systems are all foolproof – too bad that human beings have to be involved.
Former President Bush and some in his administration were pretty good at coming up with reasons why the laws didn’t apply to them. One of President Obama’s challenges will be restoring respect for the law. The best way to accomplish that is through leadership by example.
But I do hope Obama’s new Secretary of the Treasury gets his taxes right this year.
There, now I’ve said it.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Deserved Leadership
We often hear after an election that we get the leadership we deserve. Those saying this are usually on the losing side, blaming the stupidity of those who made the wrong choice. But the expression works both ways. We always deserve effective leadership, and many are ready to say that as of January 20th, we have it.
Not to get religious on you, but the Bible, whether you believe in it or not, is full of stories of seemingly unlikely people being elevated to positions of authority. The most famous example is Moses, who was tending his father-in-law’s sheep when he saw the burning bush. When the Lord told him he would be leading the Jews out of Egypt, his reaction was, “Who am I?” He didn’t have President Obama’s oratorical gifts. I guess that’s why the Lord needed the stone tablets to get the Ten Commandments across. David didn’t look nearly as much like a king as his brothers, but he was the one chosen by the prophet to reign over Israel. And Jesus was just a carpenter. He had a lot of trouble convincing others that he had been anointed.
During the presidential election campaign it was pointed out that Barack Obama lacked experience; his work as a community organizer was demeaned, and, of course, he is black, or half-black, to be precise. Many probably still feel that Hillary Clinton and John McCain would have made fine presidents. But it just didn’t happen that way.
The jokes about Obama’s election representing the second coming abound. But the fact that 2 million people stood out hours in the cold to watch him take the oath shows how many believe that that’s what we deserve. Did we get it?
Of course, we won’t know the answer to that for a while, and in a year from now, many of us may have very different feelings about Mr. Obama. As for comparisons to Jesus, well, it seems a very good bet that our new president won’t be ascending into heaven before our eyes anytime soon. At least not before the end of his second term.
There, now I’ve said it.
Not to get religious on you, but the Bible, whether you believe in it or not, is full of stories of seemingly unlikely people being elevated to positions of authority. The most famous example is Moses, who was tending his father-in-law’s sheep when he saw the burning bush. When the Lord told him he would be leading the Jews out of Egypt, his reaction was, “Who am I?” He didn’t have President Obama’s oratorical gifts. I guess that’s why the Lord needed the stone tablets to get the Ten Commandments across. David didn’t look nearly as much like a king as his brothers, but he was the one chosen by the prophet to reign over Israel. And Jesus was just a carpenter. He had a lot of trouble convincing others that he had been anointed.
During the presidential election campaign it was pointed out that Barack Obama lacked experience; his work as a community organizer was demeaned, and, of course, he is black, or half-black, to be precise. Many probably still feel that Hillary Clinton and John McCain would have made fine presidents. But it just didn’t happen that way.
The jokes about Obama’s election representing the second coming abound. But the fact that 2 million people stood out hours in the cold to watch him take the oath shows how many believe that that’s what we deserve. Did we get it?
Of course, we won’t know the answer to that for a while, and in a year from now, many of us may have very different feelings about Mr. Obama. As for comparisons to Jesus, well, it seems a very good bet that our new president won’t be ascending into heaven before our eyes anytime soon. At least not before the end of his second term.
There, now I’ve said it.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Real Minorities
I’m distressed to report that someone I know who was upset about the election of Barack Obama refused to watch his inauguration on TV. I don’t know whether the motive involved was political or racial, but on a day when most minority groups are celebrating, this individual must be a member of a tiny minority indeed.
The networks told us that this presidential inauguration was the most viewed or listened to media event in the world -- ever. Billions experienced it. Those who couldn’t consume it live – because of work or lack of access to TV, radio, or other modes of transmission -- would see or hear it as soon as they could. But those who could consume it and simply chose not to – that group should be fairly easy to count, if anyone wants to.
There are some critics who have expressed concern about how much this inauguration cost, especially in light of the economic crisis. This is another minority group. The country really wanted to have a party, and you know, we really deserve it. We did something we haven’t been able to do in more than two centuries: elect a black person President. And it may seem uncharitable to say this, but much of the party mood has to do with showing Mr. Bush the door.
Those who think we’re partying too hearty can take comfort: Wednesday is coming, and everyone agrees the party will be very much over. Whatever glow we may be feeling now, it’s safe to say that the next few months, or years, won’t be any fun. So we need our moment, and for you party-poopers out there, please poop somewhere else, thank you.
There, now I’ve said it.
The networks told us that this presidential inauguration was the most viewed or listened to media event in the world -- ever. Billions experienced it. Those who couldn’t consume it live – because of work or lack of access to TV, radio, or other modes of transmission -- would see or hear it as soon as they could. But those who could consume it and simply chose not to – that group should be fairly easy to count, if anyone wants to.
There are some critics who have expressed concern about how much this inauguration cost, especially in light of the economic crisis. This is another minority group. The country really wanted to have a party, and you know, we really deserve it. We did something we haven’t been able to do in more than two centuries: elect a black person President. And it may seem uncharitable to say this, but much of the party mood has to do with showing Mr. Bush the door.
Those who think we’re partying too hearty can take comfort: Wednesday is coming, and everyone agrees the party will be very much over. Whatever glow we may be feeling now, it’s safe to say that the next few months, or years, won’t be any fun. So we need our moment, and for you party-poopers out there, please poop somewhere else, thank you.
There, now I’ve said it.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Stretch for the Tag
At the risk of demeaning the august and historic nature of this week’s presidential inauguration, one of the images that comes to mind for me is tag-team professional wrestling.
The analogy breaks down even before I can get started, but I’ll plow ahead anyway. It’s like this: One wrestler, a member of a two-man tag team, is in the ring. He started out the round OK, but now he’s getting the snot beaten out of him by his opponent. Maybe even both members of the opposing tag team are in the ring, beating on him, even though that’s not allowed. But the referee does nothing to stop it.
Meanwhile, the victim’s tag-team partner is standing on the ropes in their corner with his arm stretched out, straining to make the tag with his downed colleague. He plays by the rules and won’t go in to the ring to relieve his partner until the tag is made. The fans are straining along with him. They want to replace the other battered wrestler yesterday.
Somehow the tag is made, and finally, the victim’s team member comes to the rescue, using all his pent-up energy to reverse the team’s fortunes. He delivers a flurry of punches, drop-kicks and body slams in quick succession, stunning his opponents. For the audience, it’s a tremendous feeling of exhilaration. But can he keep up the momentum and win the match?
The way these bouts are scripted, the wrestler to the rescue rarely scores a quick victory, in spite of an impressive start – and his team may not even win in the end.
We can hardly wait to see what Barack Obama is going to do on his first day in office – which unpopular Bush policy will get the first boot. But this country’s problems are not going to fall like dominoes -- many of them took a lot longer to create than eight years, and some may not be solved in the next eight.
It’s not just about whether Mr. Obama has the right stuff. It’s really about whether we have the patience to let the necessary changes be made.
There, now I’ve said it.
The analogy breaks down even before I can get started, but I’ll plow ahead anyway. It’s like this: One wrestler, a member of a two-man tag team, is in the ring. He started out the round OK, but now he’s getting the snot beaten out of him by his opponent. Maybe even both members of the opposing tag team are in the ring, beating on him, even though that’s not allowed. But the referee does nothing to stop it.
Meanwhile, the victim’s tag-team partner is standing on the ropes in their corner with his arm stretched out, straining to make the tag with his downed colleague. He plays by the rules and won’t go in to the ring to relieve his partner until the tag is made. The fans are straining along with him. They want to replace the other battered wrestler yesterday.
Somehow the tag is made, and finally, the victim’s team member comes to the rescue, using all his pent-up energy to reverse the team’s fortunes. He delivers a flurry of punches, drop-kicks and body slams in quick succession, stunning his opponents. For the audience, it’s a tremendous feeling of exhilaration. But can he keep up the momentum and win the match?
The way these bouts are scripted, the wrestler to the rescue rarely scores a quick victory, in spite of an impressive start – and his team may not even win in the end.
We can hardly wait to see what Barack Obama is going to do on his first day in office – which unpopular Bush policy will get the first boot. But this country’s problems are not going to fall like dominoes -- many of them took a lot longer to create than eight years, and some may not be solved in the next eight.
It’s not just about whether Mr. Obama has the right stuff. It’s really about whether we have the patience to let the necessary changes be made.
There, now I’ve said it.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friends Don't Let Friends Massacre
How many Israelis does it take to change a regime?
A companion question is: With all the fancy high-tech weapons Israel has (many of which are made in the U.S.A.), why can’t they hit the side of a barn door? I guess if they just blow up the whole barn, they don’t have to bother answering that one. Whoops, I guess we hit another hospital. Sorry, we weren’t aiming for those foreign journalists.
At the risk of repeating myself, if the Israelis want regime change in Gaza, they should just go ahead and do it and stop pretending they have other goals. But couldn’t they get it done without this level of carnage?
We’ve often heard it said that the definition of insanity is doing something painful over and over again and expecting a different result. Hamas can unrecognize Israel all it wants, but there is no scenario under which Israel is going to disappear. Similarly, Israel can’t expect Hamas to disappear, either. Trying to make it disappear hasn’t worked; it has simply given Hamas legs. What about trying another approach, if there are any left?
So there likely will be a unilateral Israeli cease-fire worked out with the help of the U.S., if there isn’t one already by the time you consume this. It will happen very conveniently just before Tuesday’s inauguration of a new American president, and before Israeli elections. And everyone will pretend that Hamas isn’t in the room.
But no one can pretend that 1,100-plus Palestinians haven’t died. Nor can anyone with an ounce of reason blame it all on Hamas. The United States and Israel are, in theory, friends and allies. But aren’t their times when you have to tell your friends they’re behaving badly?
There, now I’ve said it.
A companion question is: With all the fancy high-tech weapons Israel has (many of which are made in the U.S.A.), why can’t they hit the side of a barn door? I guess if they just blow up the whole barn, they don’t have to bother answering that one. Whoops, I guess we hit another hospital. Sorry, we weren’t aiming for those foreign journalists.
At the risk of repeating myself, if the Israelis want regime change in Gaza, they should just go ahead and do it and stop pretending they have other goals. But couldn’t they get it done without this level of carnage?
We’ve often heard it said that the definition of insanity is doing something painful over and over again and expecting a different result. Hamas can unrecognize Israel all it wants, but there is no scenario under which Israel is going to disappear. Similarly, Israel can’t expect Hamas to disappear, either. Trying to make it disappear hasn’t worked; it has simply given Hamas legs. What about trying another approach, if there are any left?
So there likely will be a unilateral Israeli cease-fire worked out with the help of the U.S., if there isn’t one already by the time you consume this. It will happen very conveniently just before Tuesday’s inauguration of a new American president, and before Israeli elections. And everyone will pretend that Hamas isn’t in the room.
But no one can pretend that 1,100-plus Palestinians haven’t died. Nor can anyone with an ounce of reason blame it all on Hamas. The United States and Israel are, in theory, friends and allies. But aren’t their times when you have to tell your friends they’re behaving badly?
There, now I’ve said it.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
No Apology Necessary
Some of you may have been disappointed at not hearing more mea culpas from President Bush at his final news conference this week. Not that you’re going to get a sitting President to apologize for mistakes – but sometimes it’s better to leave things alone.
Did you really want to hear him admit the Iraq war was a mistake? He did express disappointment that there were no weapons of mass destruction there. But for Mr. Bush to actually admit the war was a mistake would have been hard to take for many. If I were a member of a family that had lost a loved one over there, I certainly wouldn’t want to hear the President say he screwed up – even if I were absolutely convinced he had. It wouldn’t make me feel even a little bit better.
You could pile on a lot of other things: “Mission Accomplished” (he admitted to that one), Gitmo, torture. FEMA after Katrina, the stem-cell decision, even No Child Left Behind. But even when he was dead wrong, he believed he was acting according to his best light, so you can go only so far in faulting him. I never believed that selfish motives were involved, other than self-defense.
History is always the best judge, and there hasn’t been quite enough of that yet, of course, to give us a crystal-clear video of Mr. Bush’s years as President. And as the saying goes, when you point the finger of blame at someone, three are pointing right back at you. You can fool me once, another old saying begins, but a majority of us did elect him to a second term.
The President says don’t plan on seeing that much of him after next week – he’s happy to leave the stage, and I say, let him go in peace. The challenges ahead of us will need every bit of our energy and attention. Looking backward will only slow us down.
There, now I’ve said it.
Did you really want to hear him admit the Iraq war was a mistake? He did express disappointment that there were no weapons of mass destruction there. But for Mr. Bush to actually admit the war was a mistake would have been hard to take for many. If I were a member of a family that had lost a loved one over there, I certainly wouldn’t want to hear the President say he screwed up – even if I were absolutely convinced he had. It wouldn’t make me feel even a little bit better.
You could pile on a lot of other things: “Mission Accomplished” (he admitted to that one), Gitmo, torture. FEMA after Katrina, the stem-cell decision, even No Child Left Behind. But even when he was dead wrong, he believed he was acting according to his best light, so you can go only so far in faulting him. I never believed that selfish motives were involved, other than self-defense.
History is always the best judge, and there hasn’t been quite enough of that yet, of course, to give us a crystal-clear video of Mr. Bush’s years as President. And as the saying goes, when you point the finger of blame at someone, three are pointing right back at you. You can fool me once, another old saying begins, but a majority of us did elect him to a second term.
The President says don’t plan on seeing that much of him after next week – he’s happy to leave the stage, and I say, let him go in peace. The challenges ahead of us will need every bit of our energy and attention. Looking backward will only slow us down.
There, now I’ve said it.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Enraged Elephant
I remember a line from a Bruce Willis movie, to the effect that military force is a blunt instrument, not a surgical tool. I’m sure that idea wasn’t original with that movie, but that’s where I heard it. And Israel has been especially blunt in applying such force.
It’s clear that Hamas started this round by firing rockets. While these are lethal weapons, their range was limited and they did relatively little harm – I said relatively little. To add a metaphor to the mix, it’s like a wasp stinging an elephant. A single wasp is not capable of causing the elephant much grief, but repeated stinging prompts the elephant to do something about it – and you don’t want to be in the neighborhood when that happens.
The question is, when the enraged elephant starts stomping, do the wasps get killed and does the stinging stop – and what else gets stomped on? I said in an earlier post that if what the Israelis really want is regime change in Gaza, they should go for it and stop pretending they have lesser goals. But have hundreds of deaths really been necessary? Is it good PR to be shooting at schools or U.N. convoys? Was a humanitarian crisis a necessary step to Israel’s security? After all the harm that’s been done, one would hope that the Israelis would be satisfied. But how many new enemies has Israel created?
A blockaded territory like Gaza looks an awful lot like a ghetto, and Israel, of all countries, should know what that means.
There, now I’ve said it.
It’s clear that Hamas started this round by firing rockets. While these are lethal weapons, their range was limited and they did relatively little harm – I said relatively little. To add a metaphor to the mix, it’s like a wasp stinging an elephant. A single wasp is not capable of causing the elephant much grief, but repeated stinging prompts the elephant to do something about it – and you don’t want to be in the neighborhood when that happens.
The question is, when the enraged elephant starts stomping, do the wasps get killed and does the stinging stop – and what else gets stomped on? I said in an earlier post that if what the Israelis really want is regime change in Gaza, they should go for it and stop pretending they have lesser goals. But have hundreds of deaths really been necessary? Is it good PR to be shooting at schools or U.N. convoys? Was a humanitarian crisis a necessary step to Israel’s security? After all the harm that’s been done, one would hope that the Israelis would be satisfied. But how many new enemies has Israel created?
A blockaded territory like Gaza looks an awful lot like a ghetto, and Israel, of all countries, should know what that means.
There, now I’ve said it.
Monday, January 5, 2009
To Israel: Just Do It
I'm getting a little tired of hearing the statements of Israeli officials justifying the bloody military invasion of the Gaza Strip – but it’s not about the justification.
If someone were firing rockets at my country, I certainly wouldn’t want to sit around and take it. But stop trying to tell me how surgical this response has been or that you’re paying attention to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. By now, these explanations sound pretty hollow.
It looks an awful lot like what the Israeli leaders really want is regime change. Can you blame them? Hamas has never admitted Israel’s right to exist, and it’s just a little too friendly with Iran. Further, Israel maintains that Hamas took over Gaza by coup and that the group’s mismanagement of the enclave and disregard for the average citizen is the real reason Gazans are suffering. Sounds like a good formula for regime change to me.
So go for it, Israel! Destroy Hamas. But if you believe the Palestinians in Gaza would have a better life, then you have some obligation to supply a reasonable -- meaning humane and fair -- alternative. If the people of Gaza aren’t willing to allow themselves to be governed by Fatah – well, Israel, it’s your job to solve this problem. As they say, if you break it, you own it.
You owe the world no explanation for changing the regime in Gaza – but don’t sugar-coat it, just do it. But I hope you’re better at the regime-change business than we have been in Iraq.
There, now I’ve said it.
If someone were firing rockets at my country, I certainly wouldn’t want to sit around and take it. But stop trying to tell me how surgical this response has been or that you’re paying attention to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. By now, these explanations sound pretty hollow.
It looks an awful lot like what the Israeli leaders really want is regime change. Can you blame them? Hamas has never admitted Israel’s right to exist, and it’s just a little too friendly with Iran. Further, Israel maintains that Hamas took over Gaza by coup and that the group’s mismanagement of the enclave and disregard for the average citizen is the real reason Gazans are suffering. Sounds like a good formula for regime change to me.
So go for it, Israel! Destroy Hamas. But if you believe the Palestinians in Gaza would have a better life, then you have some obligation to supply a reasonable -- meaning humane and fair -- alternative. If the people of Gaza aren’t willing to allow themselves to be governed by Fatah – well, Israel, it’s your job to solve this problem. As they say, if you break it, you own it.
You owe the world no explanation for changing the regime in Gaza – but don’t sugar-coat it, just do it. But I hope you’re better at the regime-change business than we have been in Iraq.
There, now I’ve said it.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Time On Their Hands
What’s wrong with me? Why am I not morally outraged at the idea that Roland Burris could be seated as a U.S. Senator from Illinois?
The way I understand it, the governor of Illinois tried to “sell” the seat vacated by President-elect Obama to the highest bidder, or so the accusation goes. Finally, the governor, Rod Blagojevich, appoints the state’s former attorney general, Roland Burris, to fill the seat. Burris has never been accused of involvement in the Blagojevich scandal, but because Blagojevich is the villain of the piece, his very appointment must be tainted.
The really fair way to solve this, of course, would be to hold a special election, but that takes time, and good heavens, a Republican might win. Barring that, the governor has the authority to make the appointment, and he made it; the person he chose is clearly qualified for the seat and isn’t accused of any wrongdoing himself. Why isn’t this the end of the story?
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wasn’t having any of this, and the opposing sides in the battle are waving copies of constitutions in each other’s faces. There’s room for negotiation, they say, but it could still end up in court. It seems to me that unless someone digs up some real dirt on Burris himself, then he should be allowed to take his seat. If he’s a bad guy, he can be kicked out of the Senate; if he performs poorly, the voters will have a future opportunity to replace him – maybe even with a Republican, for heaven’s sake.
Don’t all these magnificently principled people in Washington have a few more important things to worry about right now? Before they draw lines in the sand, shouldn’t they first be thinking about how to pull us out of the quicksand we’re all sinking into?
There, now I’ve said it.
The way I understand it, the governor of Illinois tried to “sell” the seat vacated by President-elect Obama to the highest bidder, or so the accusation goes. Finally, the governor, Rod Blagojevich, appoints the state’s former attorney general, Roland Burris, to fill the seat. Burris has never been accused of involvement in the Blagojevich scandal, but because Blagojevich is the villain of the piece, his very appointment must be tainted.
The really fair way to solve this, of course, would be to hold a special election, but that takes time, and good heavens, a Republican might win. Barring that, the governor has the authority to make the appointment, and he made it; the person he chose is clearly qualified for the seat and isn’t accused of any wrongdoing himself. Why isn’t this the end of the story?
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wasn’t having any of this, and the opposing sides in the battle are waving copies of constitutions in each other’s faces. There’s room for negotiation, they say, but it could still end up in court. It seems to me that unless someone digs up some real dirt on Burris himself, then he should be allowed to take his seat. If he’s a bad guy, he can be kicked out of the Senate; if he performs poorly, the voters will have a future opportunity to replace him – maybe even with a Republican, for heaven’s sake.
Don’t all these magnificently principled people in Washington have a few more important things to worry about right now? Before they draw lines in the sand, shouldn’t they first be thinking about how to pull us out of the quicksand we’re all sinking into?
There, now I’ve said it.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Life-changing Toys
I’m much too old to be getting toys for Christmas, but I got a terrific one this year (or should I say last?) from Santa: an Internet radio.
Now I think this is way cool, though geeks would probably call it primitive. With this device you can hear audio streams without a computer. Thousands of radio stations in the U.S. and around the world put their live audio on their Web sites, and the Internet radio allows you to search for your favorites and set them up on pushbuttons, just like a car radio. If there’s breaking news in a particular city, you can “tune” in a station there and hear how the locals cover it. The really interesting part is listening to the same stations that local listeners hear, not available on short wave. I can listen to the radio station where I used to work in a distant city. To expand horizons a little, I have taken to listening to a newscast on Jamaica’s Nationwide News Network. Just hearing the accents makes me warm – it was about 82 degrees there the other day. In addition to that, the country’s prime minister recently announced all kinds of tax breaks for businesses and individuals, if I heard the story correctly. Maybe that makes you feel warm.
Sure, you can find all this stuff on your laptop, but I’m old enough to want to work with a box with a speaker and knobs on it. Another nice part is that no keyboard is required. So much enjoyable software involves having to use a mouse and a keyboard, so it feels like you never leave the office. The Internet radio involves new technology installed in an old, familiar package. I recall someone saying that the only reason we have been using CDs and DVDs is that they are discs with holes in the middle, just like the old vinyl records, and that the disc design was the only way to make a successful transition from the old to the new.
This could all get me started on why we need radio and TV stations with expensive transmitters consuming power and radiating energy, or why we need an FCC to license and regulate them, since the ability to “broadcast” is no longer a limited resource. But we’re barely into the New Year, and I wanted to put off the axe-grinding till at least the next post.
There, now I’ve said it.
Now I think this is way cool, though geeks would probably call it primitive. With this device you can hear audio streams without a computer. Thousands of radio stations in the U.S. and around the world put their live audio on their Web sites, and the Internet radio allows you to search for your favorites and set them up on pushbuttons, just like a car radio. If there’s breaking news in a particular city, you can “tune” in a station there and hear how the locals cover it. The really interesting part is listening to the same stations that local listeners hear, not available on short wave. I can listen to the radio station where I used to work in a distant city. To expand horizons a little, I have taken to listening to a newscast on Jamaica’s Nationwide News Network. Just hearing the accents makes me warm – it was about 82 degrees there the other day. In addition to that, the country’s prime minister recently announced all kinds of tax breaks for businesses and individuals, if I heard the story correctly. Maybe that makes you feel warm.
Sure, you can find all this stuff on your laptop, but I’m old enough to want to work with a box with a speaker and knobs on it. Another nice part is that no keyboard is required. So much enjoyable software involves having to use a mouse and a keyboard, so it feels like you never leave the office. The Internet radio involves new technology installed in an old, familiar package. I recall someone saying that the only reason we have been using CDs and DVDs is that they are discs with holes in the middle, just like the old vinyl records, and that the disc design was the only way to make a successful transition from the old to the new.
This could all get me started on why we need radio and TV stations with expensive transmitters consuming power and radiating energy, or why we need an FCC to license and regulate them, since the ability to “broadcast” is no longer a limited resource. But we’re barely into the New Year, and I wanted to put off the axe-grinding till at least the next post.
There, now I’ve said it.
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