Seven Pieces of Good News for Freedom in 2013
Highlights from an eventful year.
Culture
87-Year-Old Wall Street Tycoon Who Jumped Out of Window Gave Away $800 Million Fortune to Charities
Suffered a stroke earlier this year
Museums Around the Country Get Random Saddam Hussein Memorabilia for Display
A veteran of the Iraq war donated one of the strongman's sinks to a museum in Mississippi, for example
Gay Marriages Remain Banned in Navajo Nation, Including Portion Located in New Mexico
Some activists looking to repeal a 2005 tribal law
Netflix Testing Pricing System Based on Number of Users on Account
What will happen to me and my 50 closest friends?
US Population Growth At Slowest Rate in 70 Years
Grew 2.26 million in the twelve months ending July 31, according to the Census Bureau
Rehabilitating an Unusual Libertarian Heroine
Cartoonist Peter Bagge on the life of birth control rights pioneer Margaret Sanger
Germany Urges Japan to Deal Honestly with WWII Past
Partly responsible for rift between Japan and China
White House Offers to Help Bolster Olympics Security
In the wake of suicide bombings in Russia
Sheriff: Colorado School Shooter Had Planned Larger Attack
Had rounds of ammunition, machetes and Molotov cocktails
Egyptian Secret Police Round Up AlJazeera Journalists
For harming "domestic security"
Fewest Police Deaths Caused by Firearms Since 1887
A stat to remember when others engage in fearmongering
Billionaire Dallas Philanthropist, Donor Dies
Gave month to both conservatives and Planned Parenthood
Obamacare Requires Calorie Counts on Vending Machines
You really shouldn't eat a vending machine, regardless of the calories
NC Man Arrested for Violating Century-Old Profanity Law
A judge has ruled law unconstitutional
The Year Government Lost Its Grip on Information
While the Internet can be regulated, and information can be controlled, it can only be done on an increasingly small margin, and at an increasingly high cost.
Committee to Protect Journalists: Middle East the Most Dangerous Region in the World For Journalists
Syria the most dangerous country in the region
GOP Lawmaker Says The New York Times is Trying To Help a Clinton 2016 Bid With Benghazi Reporting
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.)
Can the Libertarian Republican and the Non-Libertarian Republican Be Friends?
Is it really necessary to have to dominate the other factions to have influence?
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Public Domain
Some mostly-good news on the copyright front.
Israel's Chief Rabbinate Seeking To Establish "Kashrut Police"
Want uniformed officials to enter restaurants to inspect food
F1 Driver Michael Schumacher in Critical Condition After Skiing Accident
Hit head on a rick while skiing in France
