Archive for ‘Current Events’

A false light opportunity

by   |  02.03.06  |  Current Events

The Reporter-News reminds us today that it’s important to know where your graphics come from in the newspaper.

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Howard Stern and the Pirates

by   |  02.02.06  |  Current Events

Stern’s show, which moved to Sirius Satellite, apparently has been posted online. More »

Two ejected from speech for T-shirt protest

by   |  02.01.06  |  Current Events

War protester Cindy Sheehan and the wife of a Florida representative were removed from the State of the Union speech last night for wearing T-shirts with slogans on them.

Free speech according to Bill Gates

by   |  02.01.06  |  Current Events

Bill Gates says government action to regulate the Internet’s content will fail. More »

Samuel Alito has been confirmed …

by   |  01.31.06  |  Current Events


… and sworn in as a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 58-42, somewhat closer than I expected.

Regret the Error

by   |  01.30.06  |  Current Events

This blog has near-daily recipes for libel lawsuits. More »

A free speech backlash for the Danes

by   |  01.29.06  |  Current Events

Here’s one of the cartoons:

Privacy in Texas

by   |  01.26.06  |  Current Events

In 2003, the Dallas Observer ran a story that identified a man with HIV. The identified person sued under a Texas law that included penalties for those who disclosed the results of HIV tests. More »

Alito update

by   |  01.26.06  |  Current Events

It looks like Samuel Alito will be confirmed later today for the U.S. Supreme Court. More »

Chinese Google drill

by   |  01.26.06  |  Current Events

Google will be censoring a list of topics for Internet users in China. More »