The latest smart commentary on so-called net neutrality comes from Phil Kerpen, an analyst with Americans for Prosperity. He writes:

The Google/MoveOn.org coalition fighting for network neutrality mandates calls itself “Save the Internet.” But the Internet doesn’t need to be saved–it needs to be improved, expanded and bulked up. An attempt to “save” the Internet in its current state would be something akin to saving the telegraph from the telephone.

Sometimes it takes a silly analogy to make a serious point. And this one happens to be spot on — the Internet is very much in its infancy — its telegraph stage. What if Congress had created a law making telephones illegal because they would interfere with the operation of telegraphs? How much would that law stifle innovation in the United States? Luckily, we never had to find that one out. Congress would be wise to learn that lesson and let the Internet grow by itself.