Articles & Opeds

In addition to the selected list of articles below, see also the archives for my regular columns at TIME, Reason, and the Umlaut.

• The SAFT is a Symptom of Regulatory Uncertainty, CoinDesk, November 13,2017.
• What Bitcoiners Are Doing to Fight Ransomware, Fortune, June 30, 2017.
• Why Bitcoin Needs Washington to Go Mainstream, Fortune, June 1, 2017.
• IRS Quest for Coinbase Data Sets Dangerous Precedent, American Banker, November 29, 2016.
• Let Bitcoin into the campaign, The Hill, April 10, 2015.
• The Price of Bitcoin Doesn’t Matter Right Now, WIRED, January 14, 2015.
• Regulators Need to Take It Easy on Bitcoin Startups, WIRED, March 6, 2014.
• Bitcoin: More than Money, Reason, December 2013.
• US regulations are hampering Bitcoin's growth, The Guardian, November 18, 2013.
• Why Regulators Should Embrace Bitcoin, American Banker, August 21, 2013.
• Cyber-Security: Stand Down, for Now, Congress, TIME, February 22, 2013.
• Free WiFi for the masses? Not so fast, Washington Examiner, February 8, 2013.
• Measured Response to a Limited Threat, The New York Times, October 17, 2012.
• Debate: This house believes that a hyperconnected world is more rather than less secure., The Economist, June 26, 2012.
• A Note to Congress: The United Nations Isn’t a Serious Threat to Internet Freedom—But You Are, The Atlantic, June 19, 2012. With Adam Thierer.
• A Shift Toward Digital Currency, New York Times, April 4, 2012.
• Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, Wired, February 14, 2012. With Tate M. Watkins.
• The Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex, Reason, August/September 2011. With Tate M. Watkins.
• BRAC the federal budget: Fiscal commission needs real power to cut programs, The Washington Times, May 28, 2010.
• Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet, Christian Science Monitor, April 29, 2010. With Tate M. Watkins.
• Information Trickles Up, Local Knowledge, September, 2009. With Daniel M. Rotshchild
• Why pay millions of dollars to defense contractor to build Recovery.gov?, The Washington Examiner, July 10, 2009.
• An Accountability Agenda, Regulation, Winter 2008. With Jerry Ellig.
• OIRA at Midnight, Regulation, Fall 2008. With Patrick McLaughlin.
• Can Congress tweet? Should bloggers care?, Ars Technica, July 28, 2008.
• Improving Government Transparency Online, The Public Manager, Spring 2008.
• Put more government data online, The Des Moines Register, January 8, 2008.
• Transparency, Regulation, Winter 2008. With Mark Adams.
• Considering Net Neutrality, Regulation, Fall 2007. With Jerry Ellig.
• Regulators’ Budget, Regulation, Fall 2007. With Melinda Warren.
• Net Neutrality: Where’s the Beef?, Tech Central Station, July 24, 2007.
• Failure to Communicate, The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2007.
• Think Diffident, The American, January 23, 2007.
• Public Safety Interoperability, Regulation, Fall 2006.
• Will Broadband Kill the Broadcast Star?, Tech Central Station, September 6, 2006.
• Public Nuisance: The Costs of Giving Everyone A Say on Cable Television, Doublethink, Fall 2006.
• Who’s your daddy?, The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2006. With Bridget Dooling.
• Spectrum commons, Regulation, Spring 2006.
• Orphan works, Regulation, Winter 2005.
• Competing with piracy, Brainwash, October 16, 2005.
• The Castro generation, Doublethink, Winter 2005.
• “Free Culture,” free book, Brainwash, April 11, 2004.