ArnoldBlog [ahr-nold-bläg]

Wherein the author waxes eloquently, or at least waxes, on consumer issues with asides about such truly important issues as cars, Dartmouth and Secretariat.

Thanks to everyone who offered comments about my recent blog warning that lobbying Congress to tighten Section 5891 rules governing...

Aug 17, 2014

Yesterday morning, the American Association of People with Disabilities and the National Consumer League held a panel discussion on...

Jul 23, 2014

According to a new report from Nielsen SoundScan, for the first time since 2003, when the iTunes store opened, annual U.S. digital music...

Jan 4, 2014

Question: How does a Fortune 15 telecommunications company differentiate itself from the competition? Answer: By creating a really...

Nov 27, 2013

It’s always a pleasure and usually a bit humbling to be cited favorably in a news article. Claims Journal just posted a long article...

Aug 6, 2013

With the passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg, the U.S. Senate is a poorer place and not in the financial sense. In a city where ego is...

Jun 2, 2013

Sorry for the long drought in blogs. Chalk it up to global warming. Former Slate and New Republic editor Michael Kinsley has this...

Jan 20, 2013

The slow erosion of Microsoft’s brand continues. New York Times columnist Randall Stross has a wonderful essay this morning on how the...

May 27, 2012

Rather than an urgent public policy debate, today’s missive covers something of far greater importance, namely Landon’s 7-4 victory over...

May 11, 2012

Washington’s salons have long known that on matters of environmental regulation, the gentleman at left is without peer. Robert K. Dawson,...

Feb 17, 2012