Some conservatives are upset because the new best-selling beer is owned by the same company that owns the beleagured Bud Light. Actually, they should have no problem with that.
Today's pundits have created the myth that Ellsberg is a "good" leaker and Assange, et al., are "bad" leakers so as to neutralize public recognition that Ellsberg did the right thing in exposing government secrets.
Rent seeking is a popular term used in economics to describe the behavior of firms trying to gain something from the government. Time to expand the definition.
