It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with. Political discourse becomes isolated, and isolated discourse becomes more extreme.

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new.