L2Networks, a small competitive service provider in Albany, Ga.; yesterday filed what the company claims is the first formal net-neutrality complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. The complaint was made against Albany Water Gas & Light Commission, a local utility that also offers telecommunications services over a fiber-optic network – and the filing appears to be the culmination of a contentious history between the two companies. According to a press release issued by L2Networks, the filing was made in response to a criminal complaint filed against L2 by Albany Water Gas & Light alleging that L2 should have compensated the utility for use of its fiber-optic infrastructure to deliver voice over IP services to existing customers of the utility. The impact of the Albany Water ... Continue reading →
BY DANNY YADRON AND AMY SCHATZ President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Wednesday plans to introduce its online organizing tool for 2012, hoping to spur the volunteer enthusiasm that carried the president to the White House four years ago. The program, known as Dashboard, has been in development since last year and builds off technology used by the campaign in 2008. It is meant to replicate a campaign field office, allowing volunteers to do phone banking, organize events and talk to campaign leaders from their laptops or smartphones. It is the latest example of Democrats betting they can organize their way to victory after the Internet ...BY DANNY YADRON AND AMY SCHATZ President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Wednesday plans to introduce its online organizing ... Continue reading →
PRINCETON, NJ -- Eighty-two percent of U.S. Catholics say birth control is morally acceptable, nearing the 89% of all Americans and 90% of non-Catholics who agree. The level of acceptability on this issue is far greater than that of the other 17 issues Gallup asked about this year. These data are from Gallup's May 3-6 Values and Beliefs survey, in which the issue of birth control was included for the first time. Birth control has become controversial in light of the pushback from some Catholic leaders and institutions on the portion of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that requires all institutions, including Catholic ones, to offer birth control as part of employee healthcare plans. The Obama administration has proposed a solution that offers such institutions ... Continue reading →
Most of the world drives on the right side of the road, but a minority of countries drive on the left. How do countries decide which side they’ll drive on? The answer varies from country to country, but in most cases, the side a country drives on comes down to history and economics. In feudal Europe, people would travel on the left side of the road because most people were right-handed and wanted the arm that they used for their sword (or other weapon) between them and anyone who approached. As a result, traveling on the left became customary. Two things changed that. In areas with large farms, like the United States, wagons that were meant to carry large loads didn’t have driver’s seats. To ... Continue reading →
BY GERALD F. SEIB President Barack Obama doesn't often dwell on similarities to his predecessor, George W. Bush, but here's one thing they have in common: Mr. Obama's re-election challenge this year is starting to look an awful lot like the one Mr. Bush faced in 2004. In fact, the president faces a political situation remarkably like the one his predecessor confronted as he sought re-election. That suggests a similarly close election—and a campaign where the key to victory is likely to turn on ramping up enthusiasm among core supporters. Like Mr. Bush then, Mr. Obama now has proved to be more polarizing than ...BY GERALD F. SEIB President Barack Obama doesn't often dwell on similarities to his predecessor, George W. Bush, but here's one ... Continue reading →
“First, let me say this is nota recipe for Duck Ragu.” Now that that’s out of the way, my name is Max Greenfield. I am an actor living in Los Angeles and currently play the role of “Schmidt” on Fox’s New Girl. I am husband to an amazing wife and father to an incredible two-year-old daughter. I am thirty-blah-blah-blah-years-old and have achieved the greatest goal one can achieve -- I am happy with my life. How much of my happiness has to do with the fact that I now e-mail with GP? It’s definitely a percentage. Be it a small one, this is my truth and I am okay with it. The remainder of my happiness is derived from one simple mantra: “Stop thinking, surrender ... Continue reading →
