Congress is now pushing a law that would abandon Network Neutrality, the Internet’s First Amendment. Network neutrality prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work the best — based on who pays them the most. Your local library shouldn’t have to outbid Barnes & Noble…
Rumor has it that one reason the Whitehouse hasn't had much staff turnover is because they've had trouble attracting replacements -- not surprising given the stunning incompetence and dishonesty of this Administration. Unfortunately, those they are trying to attract seem unlikely to reverse the situation: http://mediamatters.org/items/200604190003
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the…
A logical argument, known as a syllogism, looks like this: PREMISE 1: All dogs have wet noses. PREMISE 2: Max is a dog. CONCLUSION: Max has a wet nose. Easy, right? Now, let's see what happens when we remove one of the premises: PREMISE 1: All…
Here's a recent example of the effective use of sharp-edged rebuttal (see the comments) to puncture bloated and unthinking terror-mongering (see the post). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-smerconish/play-the-tape_b_19449.html The point of these comments is that two wrongs don't make a right. The post-writer, a good example of tens of millions of like-minded others, is apparently oblivious. …