The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards.

It doesn't take Warren Buffett to realize that when companies don't know what new rules will look like, it affects their ability to commit capital and create new jobs.

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.