Going to bat for its users against DMCA abuse: The DMCA system gives copyright holders a powerful and easy-to-use weapon: the unilateral right to issue a takedown notice that a website operator (like Automattic) must honor or risk legal liability. The system works so long as copyright owners use this power in good faith. But […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

From a few months ago: It\u2019s an odd assertion, especially as it\u2019s quite clear that the arrow pointed in the other direction: it was the White House that asked AIPAC to put its resources at Obama\u2019s disposal and \u201cdo the president a solid,\u201d as one official at a Washington-based Jewish organization\u00a0told\u00a0Alana Goodman at the Washington […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Yes, that would have meant something different a little while ago. \u00a0Unfortunately, they forgot to include a picture of the view from the tower. \u00a0Via FeelGuide.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Last week, the Washington Post\u00a0ran a story blaming insurers for limiting choices as a result of Obamacare. \u00a0Count on this to be a major part of the administration’s demonization efforts against insurance companies. Funny, I’m old enough to remember when this was a selling point.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life? \u00a0This has been a question in science for as long as I can remember. \u00a0It’s a normal question – why do physical constants that appear to have nothing to do with one another nevertheless seem to be fine-tuned to one another? \u00a0Fine-tuning is a problem for scientists, […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

It’s a fine review, pointing out some of the flaws in the first film that we didn’t get because we haven’t read the books. \u00a0But then, I had to be talked into seeing the first movie, and perhaps rated it more highly because 1) the political analogy to today is unmistakable, and 2) I have […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n