The small and dwindling contingent in favor of the terrible, patent-smashing bills being considered in Congress suffer from an obsessive fetish — “patent trolls.” It’s at once a mantra — and a Pavlovian fervor-inducer. Just say “patent troll” in front…

December 21 is the darkest day of every year. This year it will be especially dark due to the last of the 2010 lunar eclipses.  Thus it is the perfect day for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to vote to…

What was on January 20, 2001, less than exemplary news for the greater conservative nation was a change for the better in Lone Star State governance, as Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry rose via the process of orderly succession to succeed…