Something, plainly, has roused the worry of dominant firms. Witness today's WSJ — that stalwart of bigness and friend of the status quo — which featured these headlines:
Section 2 of the Sherman Act: Back from the Nearly Dead
Deals of the Day: Obama's Aggressive Antitrust Stance
Video: Day Ahead: Telecoms Under Antitrust Scrutiny
Tech Today: Teen iPhone Hackers, Antitrust Threat for Telecoms, More
Telecoms Face Antitrust Threat
U.S. Revives Section 2 of Antitrust Act
Sports Monopolies Raise Prices for Fans, Limit Opportunities
Blawgletter can't recall a friendly word for the Sherman Act in the pages of the WSJ. Ever. Indeed, one of its columnists rails against the criminality of price-fixing, urging that conspiracies that aim to thwart competition more often than not promote it.
