This "minor billing issue" lasted for the better part of a year and $2000, and escalated to collections. No longer minor.

Not anymore. Courts here are now using silence against the accused. If you wish to exercise your right to remain silent, it has to be the first words out of your mouth.

Easy: Repeal the laws that outlawed dueling. Things would change rapidly at Comcast if the CEO was constantly being invited to coffee and pistols at dawn. After being the ninth CEO of Comcast in as many days, problems would be solved.

And Comcast can watch their merger with Time Warner hit the shredder.