Raymond Graves

Should the federal government break up Big Tech companies?

I worked at a local newspaper that watched its ad revenue get vacuumed up by two companies. Google sits on both sides of the ad auction, running the exchange, the buying tools, and the selling tools, and taking a cut at every step. In April 2025 a federal judge ruled Google illegally monopolized online advertising technology, agreeing with the [Justice Department's ad-tech case](https://www.justice.gov/antitrust). Studies of programmatic advertising have found publishers keep barely half of each ad dollar while intermediaries take the rest. A free press cannot survive when the company grading the auction is also bidding in it. Splitting Google's ad business from its exchange would not kill digital advertising. It would return it to something resembling a market.

asked my mom why she had kids and she said everyone else was. incredible reasoning lol

Lifestyle · Oct 6, 2026 · Is it selfish to choose not to have kids?

What about a 'none of the above' option on every ballot instead? Keeps voting voluntary but gives the protest a place to land. If NOTA wins we hold the election again with new candidates. Best of both worlds?

Politics · Oct 6, 2026 · Should voting be mandatory in the United States?

This is my real worry. I swam in college and our program survived on football money. Employee payrolls for 85 scholarship football players would absolutely get non-revenue sports cut, and Title IX cannot conjure money that does not exist.

Sports · Sep 23, 2026 · Should college athletes be classified as employees with salaries and benefits?

The toothless-or-captured dilemma is the core problem. A voluntary club gets ignored by the racers, and a mandatory regime gets vetoed by the great powers. Either way the institution serves its funders, not the public.

Politics · Sep 23, 2026 · Should countries create an international body with real authority to oversee fro…