Broadband: Not for Kids Only

[Commentary] President-elect Obama has singled out children as particularly in need of broadband access, but what about adults? It's parents who are being laid off and who need all the information they can get about job alternatives and emergency assistance. And it's parents and grandparents who need the Internet to participate in political movements, to pry information out of governments and hold officials accountable, to give voice to community concerns and give reach to minority views. Like it or not, broadband has become the spine of our economy and the glue of our society, and every American adult who can't easily get online is as disenfranchised as every kid who doesn't have access to broadband is disadvantaged.