US corporations amass enormous quasi-monopolies by buying many small businesses one by one. The US government never investigates.

Describing the dynamic where companies make discussion sites that build real communities, then spoil them hoping to make the users purchase more.

There is an interesting aside about LiveJournal (which I never used), claiming it was used a lot by Russian dissidents, and eventually sold to a company that worked for Putin.

Recently released secret documents add to the evidence that the CIA was involved in something with Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination of President Kennedy. However, it's not clear what they were doing. The CIA has 4,000 still-unreleased documents relating to Kennedy.

Calling on Ukraine to respect freedom of the press and labor rights, and the rights of Ukrainians conscripted into the Putin forces and then captured.

In addition to the standard moral reasons to treat prisoners of war with respect, Ukraine has a special practical interest in doing so. Every conscript in the Putin forces must wonder, "Should I look for a chance to surrender?" Ukraine should act so that the answer will be an unhesitating "Yes!"

*How Private Equity Gave Rise to Extreme Inequality.*