Again an older technology has been improved and adapted to fill a need while government dithers.The old technology in this case is buses.

Four-term congressman Artur Davis was defeated in his bid to become the Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama, but his loss was the result of normal politics and no data suggest race was the decisive factor.

Banking centers must offer their clients security; Dubai's banking sector could exist only because it was backed by an implicit security guarantee from the United States.

A unanimous Supreme Courthas invalidated a federal ban on radio and televisionads for casino gambling.

Late last month, as Congress rushed to adjourn, lawmakers passed legislation that would make it a crime for credit card companies and banks to send payments to Internet gambling sites.

If they care about the exodus of technology jobs, Lou Dobbs and politicians who complain about outsourcing should instead campaign to keep current accounting rules on stock options.

Politicians have frequently directed harsh rhetoric toward particular corporate taxpayers that earn high profits. At times, this rhetoric has been accompanied by policy proposals that single out a narrow set of profitable taxpayers for disparate treatment. Perhaps the most notable example is the war against Big Oil.

What impact will a new law banning online gambling have on innovative information markets?