The Open Market Blog

• By: Alex Harris
• 07/24/2008

Courtney and I have been working for weeks on creating libertarian versions of the popular hilariously-captioned kitty pictures known as “lolcats.” Bureaucrash…

• By: Alex Harris
• 07/24/2008

We have previously discussed how government often mandates online privacy violations through data retention mandates and tracking requirements. Now, Congress has tucked…

• By: Alex Harris
• 07/24/2008

CNET News reports: A group of researchers from the University of Colorado and University of Washington could face both civil and criminal penalties for…

• By: Hans Bader
• 07/24/2008

An enormously costly mortgage bailout bill passed the House 272-to-152, with strong support from liberal lawmakers.  It will soon pass the Senate by an…

• By: Alex Harris
• 07/24/2008

An interesting little tidbit: A small town in Minnesota is trying to borrow $25 million in bonds to install a fiber-optic network. But now…