Monthly Archives: December 2009

Tiger Woods and the Destruction of Personal Privacy

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Tiger's right: "But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. I realize there are some who don’t share ...

How Robber Barons hijacked the "Victorian Internet"

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File under: History repeats itself. Re; net neutrality

It was 1879, and investor Charles A. Sumner sat at his desk, frustration pouring onto the page throug...

No Good Deed Goes Unbullied by the Union

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There's time for unions to go good and then there's this jerk.
For his Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, a 17-year-old junioar at Southern Lehigh High School, spent 250 hours over several weeks clearing a path at his local park so peo...