http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/255734\/fcc-regulators-turn-their-eyes-internet-randolph-j-may<\/a><\/p>\nBoth articles are useful if you happen to be a knee-jerk liberal or conservative looking for another board to nail onto\u00a0the ideological box you live in.\u00a0 They’re not so useful if you’re actually interested in understanding the issue of Internet regulation.\u00a0 Both share a common feature of most of the articles that turn up on the Internet about topics that hit people’s ideological hot buttons.\u00a0 Their authors talk right past each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I used to like the New Republic back in the day when Andrew Sullivan was editor\u00a0because its authors had the endearing trait of identifying and taking issue with\u00a0their opponents’ most important arguments head on.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Sullivan has drifted off into the la-la land of Palin Derangement Syndrome, the New Republic has morphed into a dull version of the Nation, and that kind of writing has become increasingly difficult to find.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I haven’t found any\u00a0“Net Neutrality for Dummies” articles that are worth reading.\u00a0 If you’re\u00a0really interested in developing an informed opinion, I hope you like reading thick drafts of official documents.<\/p>\n