I really like the way consumers can fight back against DRM through the kind of community tools that the web enables. For our own sanity as consumers, we ought to make DRM a bad word. I propose we start by requiring that all products that contain DRM come with an appropriate hazard label.
Apparently I was channeling TPM when I asked, “Where is the reform?” As for Palin’s speech, where’s the flag pin? UPDATE: So I really need to back off the politics for awhile and do some, you know, real work. And nobody listens anyway, so I’m just going to make one metapost then go back to [...]
One thing that really bothers me is the McCain camp’s characterization of Palin as a reformer. She ran Ted Steven’s 527, she supported the bridge to nowhere, and she’s worked to get officials fired for personal and purely political reasons. Is there any counter evidence that she actually is a reformer? Just because McCain says [...]
I try to avoid blogging about politics, though in other contexts I’m fairly opinionated concerning political issues. His VP pick may be a throwaway pick designed entirely to manipulate demographics, or she could be a substantive political and policy force. I don’t know. I just wanted to mention that less than 24 hours after possibly [...]
Feigning incompetence is a particularly powerful diplomatic tool, say for instance when you goad Russia into an internationally unpopular war and then quietly finalize a missile defense deal within their sphere of influence. Just something to think about.
Judge for yourself: January 28, 2008 vs. June 20, 2008.
What I saw when I tried to view the WaPo Opinion page: Yeah, I haven’t found an opinion worth reading there lately either. And yes, I was looking for FISA reactions.
Democratic staff members asserted that the language would prevent Mr. Bush, or any future president, from circumventing the law. The proposal asserts that “that the law is the exclusive authority and not the whim of the president of the United States,” Ms. Pelosi said. My first thought when I got to this sentence: signing statement. [...]
The idealogical origin of: HMOs ( for profit health care ) Agribusiness Subsidies ( dismantlement of the new deal granaries )