Our nation’s universities are (or were) usually considered to be places that fostered open discourse and encouraged the discussion of controversial topics in order to promote the growth of both the students and their critical thinking skills. This is … Continue reading →

I can understand why someone who watches the news on a daily basis might shake their head in dismay. I get how it must feel necessary to put the blame for tragedies like Sandy Hook somewhere, anywhere, even if the eventual target of ire is misplaced. … Continue reading →

As we noted in the context of antibiotics, it’s well recognized that financial incentives cause the pharmaceutical industry to engage in research that tends to maximize profits rather than maximizing the health of the public. But a widely-circulated … Continue reading →

As negotiators are seeking to finish up the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as soon as possible (they had originally promised a done deal by October), it appears that the controversial “intellectual property” chapter is causing the most probl… Continue reading →

We’ve covered the trespasses of stupid criminals here before. Bank robbers who brag about their actions on YouTube, for instance. Or thieves on the lam uploading pictures containing their whereabouts to social media sites. It seems at times that these … Continue reading →

Nuclear energy has been around for decades, but its safety and the safety of its radioactive waste have always been a political nightmare. Still, some researchers have been redesigning nuclear reactors to make them safer in many ways, but these newer d… Continue reading →

When we typically discuss companies coming to blows with content control (aka censorship), the stories tend to be about what would otherwise be obscure wrong-doings going viral on a national or international level. Major automakers concocting horrible… Continue reading →

Well, well. Some Prenda supporters (shockingly, they exist) in our comments have been arguing that Judge Otis Wright’s order against Team Prenda is the sign of a rogue judge who will get overturned. Of course, similar actions underway in other distri… Continue reading →

We see so many bogus DMCA takedowns, and we hear the big copyright holders insisting that it’s just an accident each and every time — and not to worry about the collateral damage and censorship it leads to. So it seems interesting that TorrentFreak h… Continue reading →

Following the DOJ’s brazen collection of info on AP reporter phone calls, we noted that it was not the first time the DOJ had been overly aggressive in going after reporters. Now, the Washington Post has another horrifying story, talking about the DOJ… Continue reading →