Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) declared independence Friday from federal identification rules and called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government.

The record industry is careering towards meltdown. A good thing too, says Simon Napier-Bell, after 40 years of working with its most notorious moguls

Now the MPAA admits that the report’s conclusions weren’t even close to being right; collegiate piracy accounts for only 15 percent of "losses." Oops. And that’s assuming you believe the rest of the data.

This isn’t the only group of Internet users unafraid of the intimidating cult; a whole range of sites has turned the Church into a mockery by doing what mainstream celebrity-coverage outlets wouldn’t dare. Here’s a guide to the war.

This MITOpenCourseWare course (which uses a photo of mine on the intro page) focuses on recent developments in econometrics, especially structural estimation.

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.