
I readily enjoyed the first episode of HBO’s latest series, “The Newsroom,” and looked forward to seeing what show creator Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter behind “The West Wing” and “Moneyball,” had in mind for episode two. For the uninitiated, “The
by Nick R. Brown3 Jul 2012, 3:41 PM PST0

Thursday morning, Politico published three articles with enough depressing information to make anyone concerned about America’s financial future wish they had gone back to bed. According to the articles, Republicans and Democrats are working together in ways that will not please the
by Nick R. Brown15 Jun 2012, 9:22 AM PST0

Over the last several weeks the Obama 2012 campaign has made a push into the college campus arena. A Harvard poll has shown that interest in the 2012 election among college students has dwindled in comparison to 2008. During the
by Nick R. Brown26 May 2012, 1:15 PM PST0
I’ve come to a cross roads, and I believe many of you are with me. I no longer have faith that members of the Grand Old Party can represent me as a classical liberal or more specifically as a Conservative-Libertarian,
by Nick R. Brown5 Feb 2012, 6:36 AM PST0
In 2007 Google decided it wanted a more permanent role in the political game. The company launched its D.C. public policy headquarters the following January. Google and policy makers in D.C. were excited to see this step being taken by
by Nick R. Brown17 Nov 2011, 7:35 AM PST0
Looking back over the last 10 years and thinking about where many of us were and how we felt when the towers fell is surreal. These are sad thoughts. But what I find even more saddening is the fact that
by Nick R. Brown10 Sep 2011, 5:31 PM PST0
This past tax day I wrote an article examining whether the government might soon be coming after content creators like Google or Netflix. Such a notion would leave many in complete befuddlement after the past two years have seen the
by Nick R. Brown25 Apr 2011, 12:49 PM PST0
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has declared that content should be free and open to all Internet users and that any variation is a violation of the principle of network neutrality. The sentiment is quite different than
by Nick R. Brown4 Apr 2011, 5:17 AM PST0
I feel like, “We warned you,” is not quite poignant enough. But well…we warned you. Those of us in the free market technology policy sector have been trying to wake up various think-tanks and Republican politicians alike to the dangers
by Nick R. Brown4 Mar 2011, 5:09 PM PST0
Just prior to the introduction of Rep. Paul Ryan’s response to the State of the Union Address, a cohort of mine tweeted, “But first, Paul Ryan’s rebuttal, which will be like Ayn Rand hosting Picture Pages.” I couldn’t help but
by Nick R. Brown4 Feb 2011, 5:41 AM PST0