Police states: the new world order?

Simply distasteful: censorship by mutual agreement

Sexism, alive and well in 2009

Microsoft and News Corp: strange bedfellows at their worst
FT.com reports on a very troubling development. Microsoft and News Corporation are forming an alliance against Google (if you believe them) or against all of us (if you don't). In essence, News Corporation will "de-index" its content from Google in exchange for payment from Microsoft.At best, this deal is dubious. ...

“Inmate” does not mean “no longer human”
I haven't been keeping up with this situation as much as I should have. It's a shame that this kind of rant is even necessary or has a reason to be written. You're going to see me write a lot more of these. It's not that I plan to permanently ...

A truly dumb question for Charlie Coles
I haven't done any sports-related stuff for a while. So much so, that I did a double take when I saw the scores, not fully realizing it was about a basketball game. Gary Parrish's blog at CBS Sports discusses a post-game interview with Charlie Coles, basketball coach at Miami University. The ...

Pulling a fast one on the US Chamber of Commerce
A friend of mine showed this to me recently. I've really been dropping the ball on this blog, it seems, because this is about a month old. But it's still too good not to share: Watch on YouTube I'm not too familiar with The Yes Men, and even if you disagree with ...

Squashed like a bug without a trial
A recent Houston Chronicle story details the plight of Scott Yeager. In 2002 Scott was indicted in the wake of the downfall of Enron, where he worked up until the company's demise. Scott's message is pretty simple, direct, and no-nonsense: you don't have to be guilty to have the government ruin ...