Report: American High School Students are Reading Books at 5th-Grade-Appropriate Levels

The Huffington Post 3/23/2012

High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens, according to a recent report.

A compilation of the top 40 books teens in grades 9-12 are reading in school shows that the average reading level of that list is 5.3 — […]

White House technology advisor suggests regulating telecoms ‘into an inch of their life’

Mike Riggs The Daily Caller 4/11/2011

Obama advisor wants to regulate industry “to an inch of their life” – The anti-capitalist and pro-Internet regulation group Free Press held its annual conference in Boston this past weekend. On a panel composed exclusively of Democratic government officials, former White House technology adviser Susan Crawford said that the […]

Obama Back-Tracking on Net Neutrality?

BigGovernment.com 11/05/09

Is the Obama administration worried about the political ramifications of its push for net neutrality? That’s a question being asked by opponents of the policy in the wake of news that White House senior adviser Susan Crawford resigned last week.

Crawford, an adviser to Obama on technology and communications policy, is a strong […]

Obama tech adviser Susan Crawford plans departure

by Cecilia Kang Washington Post October 27, 2009

White House technology policy adviser, Susan Crawford will leave her position in January to return to the University of Michigan Law School where she is a tenured professor, according to the Obama administration.

Crawford, known as a proponent of controversial net neutrality rules, has been on temporary […]

Is a Washington takeover of the Internet next?

The message below is from an email by Phil Kerpen, Director of Policy, Americans for Prosperity and Chairman, The Internet Freedom Coalition. Mr. Kerpen was on Glenn Beck’s program on Fox News last night.

“As important as all the fights are that we’re in right now, perhaps the biggest of all is the fight over […]

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