... privacy advocates urge the adoption of a new legal regime for the transfer of information about consumers among private-sector databases. ... over computer networks to develop and track important news stories. The newspaper may be penalized if the information violates ...

Issue Analysis - Solveig Singleton - 02/01/2008 - 22:03

... But today many are turning away from this theory, calling for greater government intervention in media ownership and the perceived lack ... the Senator, we really don't. According to Ben Compaine, author of Who Owns the Media?, from 1985 to 1995 the top ten media companies ... because Americans still receive the bulk of their news over the airwaves. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has said ...

Article - Cord Blomquist - 06/24/2008 - 18:44

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT The ... sounded a false alarm. That person is Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 best selling book Silent Spring . Many have praised Carson for raising concerns—some legitimate—about problems associated with the ...

Daily Update - Richard Morrison - 02/13/2008 - 23:18

... was signed, Senator Lieberman asserted on PBS' "The News Hour" that "Yes, [Kyoto's] a good agreement." By any account, that is ... to an energy tax. Indeed, the green group Resources for the Future says CO2 cap-and-trade is actually up to five times as expensive ...

Article - Christopher C. Horner - 01/28/2008 - 20:08