This PowerPoint presentation was given by former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate at the Foundation’s April 14, 2010 Policy Primer on Network Neutrality at the Omni Downtown Austin Hotel.
Economy
Hot Plates, Neon Pineapples, and SNAP Swindling
For a Californian like me, the first time encountering a “Koolickle” is an unsettling experience. Stepping inside the local mom-and-pop gas station to fill up my gas tank and being asked if I have ever tried a Kool-Aid pickled cucumber put me on my heels. “It looks like it’s glowing,” I mumble to the lady...
June 5, 2026