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#163: Online Sales Tax
Big-box retailers have long griped that untaxed online sales put them at a competitive disadvantage. Congress is exploring legislation to “level the playing field,” but...
#162: Should Government Pay for Broadband?
Should the government pay for broadband? In his joint address to Congress, President Trump laid out plans to spend a lot of taxpayer money on...
#161: Spying on the World
Innocent Americans don’t like getting spied on by their government. But should they care when their government spies on foreigners? Countries do this all the...
#160: Privacy at the Border
What are the privacy rights of non-US citizens? The Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigration has dominated the headlines. But while most of the focus is...
#159: Next-Gen TV
Are you a “cord-cutter?” Did your ditch your cable bundle for Netflix? Or, maybe you remembered that you can still get over-the-air television for free...
#158: Who Owns Your Data?
Property rights in the US are rooted in the physical world — your house and your car are yours. But does this concept transfer to the...