In the interim, we have a modest proposal. Rooms booked on the Internet should be for virtual visits only. The cyber guest would get a webcam view of the hotel room he or she books online. If the ...

Meanwhile, a modest hotel with big dreams has checked out. The sign still says “Independence Hotel” on Pima Road across Pima Road from the Great Wolf Lodge and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.

The Internet is a wonderful economic engine that since the 1990s has transformed business, industry, communications and marketing. But it has also created a big problem for state and local ...