by William F. Jasper

About the author: William F. Jasper is a senior editor for the New American, a biweekly conservative magazine.

The White House folks who want to bring you socialized medicine under the rubric of “managed competition in health care” are pushing hard to socialize cyberspace under the guise of “managing the transition” to the new “information age.” In his campaign manifesto, Putting People First, Bill Clinton called for: “A national information network to link every home, business, lab, classroom and library by the year 2015. To expand access to information, we will put public records, databases, libraries and educational materials on line for public use.”

Vice President Al Gore has been given the role of pitch man for this effort and has taken...