"Competition" is necessary for economic freedom to mean anything. Economic freedom is necessary for political and religious freedom to survive.

Division of Labor, or economic specialization, is not a guarantor of success, but it is a prerequisite for it. The fact that we don't have to grow our own food, raise our own cattle, or churn our own butter is precisely why people can have the freedom and ability to invent iPhones, write screenplays like Gran Torino, and become brain surgeons.

We all come out ahead when free people, as best they can, choose their career path in life. That means incurring the risks, but also being allowed to reap the rewards.

A couple of months ago I told you about the FCC's regulatory power grab, boosted by the radical left, to gain control of the Internet and potentially our whole communications system. With Glenn Beck's help, we exposed the White House Czar charged with technology policy, Susan Crawford, and she was forced to resign. Unfortunately, the left's effort to take over the Internet continues. The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with proposed "Open Internet" rules, which would give federal regulators vast new powers, and ultimately lead to government control of the Internet.