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We're number 1! We're number 1!(In charitable giving)
Americans lead the world in charitable contributions, giving $300 billion a year to charities. Sounds like a lot right? But this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the over On...

How electricity became a right, and what it means for broadband
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File under: History Repeats Itself. Yes, Again.Short version: Broadband Internet in the 2000s is Electricity in the 1900s.
Glenn Fleishman's "The Killer App of 1900" draws striking parallels between the present-day debate over the nece...