Susan P. Crawford in Bloomberg View on the Olympics and
America's Internet Crawford reminds us that 64 territories are
able to watch every Olympic event livestreamed over the
internet, but only paying subscribers in the U.S. can do so
without a connection that disguises their location.
"Concentration in Internet access and the close corporate
connections between distributors and programmers have brought us
to this point," she writes. This speaks to broader shortcomings
with America's Internet infrastructure. "Even if Americans were
allowed to watch these online streams, about a third of us don't
subscribe to broadband. Those who do are paying more for less
... The U.S. isn't upgrading to fiber, with its enormous
capacity to support uploads as well as downloads."  Peter
Beinart in The Daily Beast on Romney's irrelevant tax returns
Beinart argues that the focus on Mitt Romney's own tax returns,
how much and by what means he has minimized his tax burden,
is irrelevant to the race. "If presidents conducted their