SANCTIONED BULLIES: In Stephen’s post below he says he has “long had philosophical and practical issues with antitrust law.” That’s the right attitude to take, even when prima facie there looks to be a case of bullying behavior by a corporation, especially when it looks like a local monopoly. That’s because, as sure as God made little green apples, you can bet there’s government standing behind the corporation, enabling its behavior. The local cable market is full of government kickbacks and barriers to competition. If you don’t want Comcast behaving in this way, help us remove state and local government impediments to competition (PDF link), which would, I should note, be a proper use of the Commerce Clause.