Another Battle on the Horizon

James D. Miller, Assistant Professor of Economics at Smith College, is calling it The Coming War on Blogs and he may be right, but I think it's just another encroaching battle in the ongoing Culture War. Regardless, it's an excellent piece that explains the why's and wherefore's of the coming attacks on free speech and the internet:

It's a universal law of capitalism: when an industry faces a new and significant threat to its profits and powers it turns to the government for protection. Well, bloggers who write on current events are challenging the mainstream media (MSM), the most politically well-connected industry in America. Watch for the MSM to start using their political influence to burden bloggers.