Why nuclear power can't avoid global heating — though renewable energy can.

A 12-year-old girl in New Jersey saw offered the use of her asthma inhaler to another girl who was choking. She is being punished for this act of altruism.

The "Cube" 3D printer was designed with DRM: it won't accept third-party printing materials. It is the Keurig of printers. Now it is being discontinued, which means that eventually authorized materials won't be available and the printers may become unusable.

With a printer that gets the Respects Your Freedom, this problem would not even be a remote possibility.

How pitiful that the author of that article says that there was "nothing wrong" with designing the device to restrict users in the first place. This is like putting a "cheat me and mistreat me" sign on your chest. We should know better: we should condemn all companies that take advantage of people like him. Indeed, it is the acceptance of their unjust practice that teaches people to be doormats.

The proper response to DRM is:

• Step 1, "I don't buy anything designed to mistreat me — take your nasty product and flush it down the toilet."
• Step 2, repeal the DMCA.
• Step 3, make DRM a crime.

The FBI published special rules for subpoenas to journalists, but the rules are worthless as protection for journalists because they have a universal escape clause: the FBI can use a PAT RIOT Act "national security letter" instead of a subpoena.

The rules for that are secret.

We must repeal the PAT RIOT Act, for our freedom's sake.

Studies of effects of various nutrients rest on evidence that is inherently unreliable.