Author Archives: Timothy B Lee

It’s that time of the semester again. In the interests of not flunking out of grad school, I’ll be taking another break from blogging to focus on my studies. I’ll be back in June.

A bit of self-promotion, and some other stuff that’s worth reading: Justice Stevens announced his retirement a couple of weeks ago. I did a post for Cato looking at his high-tech legacy. Last week, Reihan Salam did a nice article … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago I linked to Ed Felten’s great post comparing the iPad to Disneyland. Reader Sean L. responded: If Disneyland had kiosks where you could choose from 10,000 food vendors, no one would be making the argument that … Continue reading →

I haven’t been following the debate over Sen. Dodd’s financial overhaul closely enough to have an opinion on the overall package, but Mike Masnick flags one aspect of the legslation that seems really troubling. Bob Litan explains: Under existing law, … Continue reading →

Cato vice president (and my former boss) David Boaz had a really fantastic essay last week at Reason about libertarians’ unfortunate tendency to sentimentalize an imagined past of lost liberty: For many libertarians, “the road to serfdom” is not just … Continue reading →

I’m biased since he’s my advisor, but Ed Felten’s post about the iPad as Disneyland is probably the best critique of the iPad I’ve seen: There’s a reason the restaurants in Disneyland are bland and stodgy. It’s not just that … Continue reading →

I’m delighted that Jerry Brito has written a thoughtful response to my recent posts about spectrum and property rights. I want to start by reiterating what I have said before: Jerry’s paper on the subject of spectrum commons is a … Continue reading →

I’ve officially accepted a position as a summer intern at Google’s New York office, and I wanted to make a couple of quick blog-related notes. First, I’m going to try to steer clear of Google-related commentary between now and September. … Continue reading →

For those not steeped in tech policy, my last post was a satirical look at the spectrum policy debate. In particular, it was inspired by last month’s Tom Hazlett interview on Jerry Brito’s excellent podcast, Surprisingly Free. The quotes in … Continue reading →

Since its creation in the 1930s, the Federal Culinary Commission has tightly regulated the pizza marketplace. Entrepreneurs wishing to open pizzerias have been required to apply to the FCC, specifying the location of their proposed pizzeria, detailing the kinds of … Continue reading →