- How much should we trust our new information overlords? on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:16 AM PST
Dave Winer and other open-network advocates have repeatedly made the point that relying on a single corporation, or even several of them, for access to such important tools of communication is a huge risk.
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:24 PM PST
Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
- Homosexual Rights, Yes; Gay Marriage No; POLL on Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:23 AM PST
One reason homosexuals seek to be legally married is so that they can get benefits normally allowed only to married couples. But do they really need all such benefits?
A primary reason that employers and governments provide family benefits to married couples is to ensu …
- Joe Paterno's Penn State legacy should be more than scandal on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:29 AM PST
A man's death demands that we look to his life -- not just the last 12 weeks, swollen and inflamed by the heat of the vengeful -- but 62 years of coaching young men at one university. A legacy covers more than 12 weeks.
Oh, BS.
- How to Make a Better Pancake on Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:20 AM PST
There’s magic in the chemistry of pancakes; a few simple ingredients - butter, flour, eggs, and milk - puff themselves into sassy little cakes in a matter of minutes.
The speed of the transformation always astonishes me.
- MegaUpload on Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:31 AM PST
Obviously none of us knows the complete truth, but I'm guessing that the people who ran MegaUpload were knowingly profiting from the unauthorized download of other people's intellectual property (including mine). Probably they were making a lot of money that way.
- My very first PSA. on Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:19 PM PST
I participated in this PSA spearheaded by "The Dream Team" and "Colord Folk Films" when they presented their first annual AIDS AWARENESS WEEK event at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, on World Aids Day - December 1st, 2011.
