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I've taken the liberty of reproducing Maureen Dowd's latest New York Times column, and adding a few helpful hyperlinks to help Ms. Dowd make her points more effectively.

Is a quasi-governmental agency (with ties to the Department of Commerce) created during the Clinton administration (by Ira Magaziner) involved in a conspiracy to undermine the company that runs the .com and .net Internet domain registries? Perhaps...

People, what the government is doing here is a travesty. They have exceeded their Constitutional limits and there’s nothing you or anyone else can do about it. The sad fact is that this goes on all the time all over the country, but this is the first time you have probably witnessed this through someone you know personally. I may be in danger of sounding like an "extremist right wing nut," but I am not. I am a law abiding citizen who loves his country. I am also of the belief that our country was founded on faith in God,...

While the European economy tends to lag that of the U.S.,here is some evidence that Europe is now experiencing entrepreneurial economic growth. If the European economy is growing, the U.S. economy is leading the way...

The UK Independence Party did well in the Euro elections, winning 16% of the vote and sending 12 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) to Brussels. The UKIP calls for Britain to withdraw from Europe. Across the Continent, rejectionist parties made substantial gains.

The quasi-governmental organization that oversees the Internet wants to double its budget, but refuses to release the "strategic plan" that budget would fund. Somebody ought to file a Freedom of Information Act request... What are they hiding? Is their strategy to sell out to the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union, which desperately wants to take over control of the Internet?