The Federal Communications Commission is due to publish a new set of "net neutrality" rules in the Federal Register, after a six month wait. The rules' arrival will revive an ongoing debate in which "liberals" want to regulate the broadband Internet and "conservatives" want to liberate it.

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Government leaders convene in a hearing room, a tableau of probity and power. A lone, impassioned scientist addresses them. He says their planet is in grave danger from catastrophic but predictable changes, some already underway. He cites natural disasters, floods, and the planet's steady warming. Despite this grim prognosis, he...