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JANZ: Are We LISTENING To Ourselves?

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Burt Janz

I recently posted an article on mental illness, and the bottom of the article made reference to crimes committed by those with mental illness. More important is the current discussion over the 1st Amendment and whether there are any restrictions on it, as well as what those restrictions might be. Also, whether the government does … Read more

MACDONALD: Does Trump’s FCC Need to Back “The F” Off?

September 12, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Threatening broadcast licenses is a bad idea As much as I would like to see biased networks with news divisions pretending to be unbiased get what’s coming to them, the continued threats by the Trump Administration and the Federal Communications Commission are beginning to bother me. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said in an … Read more

FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down

January 4, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Biden’s FCC reinstituted (Obama-Era) net neutrality rules in April. They were suspended in August while a challenge lounged around in the federal court system. It only took four months, but the 6th Circuit has trashed the rules and told the FCC that it lacks the authority to regulate in this manner. The Federal Communications Commission … Read more

TSA Must Be Permanently Enjoined from Issuing Health Directives That Have Nothing to Do with Transportation Security

April 19, 2022 Op-Ed

15 New England Pilots & Flight Attendants Ask Court of Appeals to Declare TSA’s Mask Rule Illegal

Coalition of 309 Airline Workers Demands TSA Be Enjoined from Ever Requiring Masks Again

Court Says FCC Can Kill Net Neutrality at the Federal Level but Not at the State Level

October 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A DC Circuit court has made what should seem to be a self-evident claim. Federal agencies so empowered can repeal their own rules. Net Neutrality being one of them.

Funny, I didn’t die because of the illegal reclassification of the Internet

June 21, 2019January 8, 2019 Skip

I didn’t die because of the illegal reclassification of the Internet by the Obama dominated FCC. They changed it from an information service (unregulated) to a telecommunications one (regulated back in 1936). Changing it back again was supposed to result in all of us DYING (emphasis mine, reformatted)! Net neutrality mania was so intense that … Read more

On September 20th You’re Going to Get a Message from the President

September 27, 2018September 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

On September 20th around 2:20 pm ET your cell phone will get an emergency alert from the President of the United States. Don’t worry. This is only a test.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert(WEA) on September 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date).

Can We Agree On The Value Of Broadband?

September 26, 2018July 25, 2011 Steve MacDonald

The most recent such move is the purchase of T-Mobile by AT&T. (Would that make them AT&T&T?) The debate is on whether or not this is good for broadband. Potential competitors say no, obviously, but most almost everyone else seems to think yes.