Articles & Op-eds

Hillary’s (Video) Gamesmanship

Cord Blomquist — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:00:00 -0800

It’s been ten years since then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton published a book on government policy and children with a title that soon became her catch phrase: “It Takes a Village.” When she used this saying in the book and related speeches, it was clear that by “village,” she meant a plethora of government programs and mandates to make sure parents were raising their kids correctly.

Grand Theft: Common Sense

Cord Blomquist — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The Ratings Game

Peter Suderman — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700

It's a familiar experience for many moviegoers: You walk out of a theater scratching your head, wondering why a movie was given a particular rating.

America the Parent?

Brian Glidden — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Why is government trying to be our parent again? Congress’s latest effort is the campaign to regulate video game content. Yet this is not new: we’ve already seen politicians’ hand-wringing over MySpace, Howard Stern, and Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction. ” And don’t forget the Communications Decency Act, struck down by the Supreme Court in 1997, which targeted the early Internet.

Video-game law lets parents shirk duty

Peter Suderman — Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:00:00 -0800

Arnold Schwarzenegger acquired fame and fortune playing a slew of bloodthirsty meatheads. Now, as governor of California, he's still trying to play action hero, but this time by restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. This time, though, the hero looks to do more harm than good.