OTTAWA–The federal Conservatives have quietly killed a giant information registry that was used by lawyers, academics, journalists and ordinary citizens to hold government accountable. The…
An Open Letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos, By Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Daily News: Dear Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, It’s hard to…
I posted something on Twitter about this, but that’s a stupid place to write about something as complex as the subprime mortgage problem, so I’ll…
I wonder why I am so obsessed with the torture issue in the US (and elsewhere of course). I think it’s because of how quickly…
Well worth checking out. One Nation Under Google: Citizenship in the Technological Republic A public talk by Professor Darin Barney Canada Research Chair in Technology…
By designing for the poorest people in the world, the One Laptop Per Child has developed a green machine with no peers. Radically lower power…
Kids in a school start building Legotown. Eventually, powerful Legotown figures emerge, and inequalities surface. Some kids are excluded from Legotown, some control the enterprise,…
Mmmm, Danish: [via: ernietheattorney]
This looks like a tide-turning event: National Post’s editorial on copyright reads: For Canada to introduce DMCA-style legislation now would do nothing but encourage nuisance…