Encryption Protects Free Speech: Lavabit's Ladar Levison on Online Freedom, Net Neutrality, and Cryptography
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
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"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
Peter Schiff on the Fed, Rand Paul, and the Next Financial Crisis
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Trump's Dismissal of McCain's Heroism Shows Lack of Judgment and Human Decency, And Is Also Dead Wrong
When will Republican voters start punishing the serial lies of an idiocratic TV huckster?
Friday A/V Club: Anarchists Take Over Film Industry, Make a Revolutionary Children's Musical
One of the odder artifacts of the Spanish Civil War
2 Reasons to Be Happy About the Iran Deal, and 1 Reason Not to Be
The good that will come out of this agreement cannot be overstated. But the agreement has a significant downside too.
Hillary's Dirty Dance with Trump on Sanctuary Cities
She was right the first time when she opposed a federal crackdown on these cities
WTF: British Police Tweet Image of Comedian, Ask Followers to ID Him for a Larf
A stunning invasion of privacy that is chilling - and not against the law as the coppers define it.
What the 1970 Baseball All-Star Game Can Teach Us About Media Literacy
Pete Rose didn't ruin Ray Fosse's career any more than Walter Cronkite ended the Vietnam War.
When the Irish Improvised a DIY Banking System
Just try to order a Guinness in a regular bank.
Obama's Nuclear Deal with Iran is the Worst Option, Except for all the Others
Hawks have nothing better to propose except more huffing and puffing
The Tragic History of China's Secret Labor Camps
Laogai prison survivor Harry Wu on human rights abuses in China.
Is Hillary Clinton Right That Women Have Stalled Out in the Workplace?
And that the best way to make them more employable is by adding costly "family-friendly" mandates?
Hey Donald Trump: Sanctuary Cities Are Safer Than Immigrant-Hunting Counterparts
Don't bother nativists with the facts. That only gets in the way of righteous indignation.
Lenders to Greece: Show Us You Mean It
Tsipras needs to actually pass legislation, not just propose reforms.
Hillary Clinton is the Political Equivalent of Floyd Mayweather
Whether you want her to win, her rope-a-dope strategy of defensive silence is pretty damn brilliant.
Is China Moving Toward a Gold Standard?
Peter Schiff on the Chinese market crash and the future of Chinese economic policy.
Declare Your Independence…from Evolution! Here Comes The Singularity and Transhumanism
RU Sirius and Jay Cornell have literally written the book on what's coming next in self-directed evolution.
Hackers Installed Sophisticated Malware on U.S. Computers. Why Doesn't Anyone Care?
The worm was designed to gather intelligence on the ongoing Iranian nuclear talks.
New York Times: Shout Loudly Enough, and We Will Succumb to Your Heckler's Veto
Why will the Paper of Record publish a condom-Pope but not a Mohammed statue? Catholics aren't loud (or scary) enough.
Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This Fourth of July
Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution.
Hillary's Secret War
As secretary of state, Clinton obtained permission from President Obama and Congress to arm rebels in Syria and Libya in an effort to overthrow the governments of those countries.
Fighting the State Department's Crushing First and Second Amendment Rights in the Name of "Munitions Export Control"
Cody Wilson's legal team explains why the State Department should stop violating his-and our-First and Second Amendment rights over 3D printing files.
Hinduism's Growing Chasm With Liberal Values
One can't predict how a religion will behave by simply consulting its core texts.
Crony-Capitalist Export-Import Bank Loses Authorization for First Time in 81 Years!
The reprieve is temporary, but it's still a victory against corporatism at its worst.
Saddest Hillary Clinton Email Revealed in New Data Dump!
Relax, you don't have to pick just one, but emails reveal weak grasp of reality among global power players.
France Detains Top Uber Execs After Cabbie Riots Against Peaceful Ride Service
Street violence goads French officials into physically grabbing organizers of helpful services
CNN Can't Tell the Difference Between Arabic, Dildos
Is ISIS infiltrating The Gays? A CNN exclusive!
WATCH: How Germany Forgot the Horrors of Communism
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany is seen as a quirk of history, not a monstrous police state.
Blood and Leviathan
A Stanford historian thinks war is the engine that drives civilization. Is he right?
Greek P.M. Tells Europe What It Can Do With Its Debt Repayment Deadline
Alexis Tsipras is officially calling for a referendum.
Martin O'Malley and the Liberal Hawks
The Democratic presidential candidate lays out a foreign policy agenda-and takes a swipe at Clinton over Benghazi.
Federal Cybersecurity: Not Even Good Enough for Government Work
Epic government fail, yet no one is responsible.
"How the Feds Asked Me to Rat Out Commenters" - And Why We Pushed Back
This sort of thing is one more reason why confidence in government is at all-time lows.
Battle Brewing Over Dutch Drones Scheduled to Drop Abortion Drugs in Poland
The "abortion drones" are scheduled to launch from Germany this Friday and deliver prohibited pills to Poland, where abortion remains mostly illegal.
Heading Into Weekend With No Deal, Greeks Rush to Withdraw Cash
This is what a bank run looks like.
Fast Track Authority for Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Pact Passes in House (Again) Today
It already passed the Senate. Now it has to again.
Hillary's So Old, She'd Be the Same Age as Ronald Reagan Was When He Entered the White House
Hillary Clinton is physically and mentally fit for the office. But her policies are absolutely tired, backward-looking & so last-century.
