Shelly Palmer has a very interesting piece up at the Huffington Post titled "US Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes Super-Power Status." No time to comment at length, but here's a taste:

Children born in America this year will be the first true Digital Natives of the Information Age. They will grow up in a time when all of their telecommunications tools: video, voice and data are based completely upon digital technology. It is an interesting historical footnote, to be sure. But it made me wonder: What will their rights be as Digital Citizens of the United States? Does our public policy contemplate a future constrained by the agendas of big business or will it position America to truly prosper in the global information economy?

Read the rest.