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25 Jul 2012

Texas Judge Rules The Sky Belongs To Us All

by David Morris | Date: 25 Jul 2012 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 2 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“Texas judge rules atmosphere, air is a public trust”, reads the headline in the Boston Globe.  A tiny breakthrough but with big potential consequences.  And as we continue to suffer from one of the most extended heat waves in US … Read More

atmosphere, commons, initiative feature
17 Sep 2011

The Military and the Commons

by David Morris | Date: 17 Sep 2011 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A few days ago I received notice of a New America Foundation (NAF) hosted conference in Washington, D.C. called “Beyond Primacy:  Rethinking American Grand Strategy and the Command of the Commons.”    At the conference NAF released a formal report on … Read More

commons, defense spending, military, war
11 Aug 1998

Will Free Software Be the Foundation of the Information Economy?

by David Morris | Date: 11 Aug 1998 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Will Free Software Be the Foundation of the Information Economy? by David Morris Institute for Local Self-Reliance August 11, 1998 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press The vast majority of the 46 million households with computers depend on an … Read More

column, commons, public sector
30 Jun 1998

Private Entrepreneurship for the Public Good

by David Morris | Date: 30 Jun 1998 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Private Entrepreneurship for the Public Good by David Morris Institute for Local Self-Reliance June 30, 1998 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press “He is no different from (CBS founder) Bill Paley or Edward R. Murrow in creating the new … Read More

column, commons, information, public sector
22 Oct 1996

Who Controls the Air Waves?

by David Morris | Date: 22 Oct 1996 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Who Controls the Air Waves? by David Morris October 22, 1996 Who should control the air waves? That’s the kind of question I would have put to the presidential candidates if I were part of the audience in San Diego. … Read More

column, commons, community, deregulation, liberty, public sector

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