What I said about Hrant Dink in my talks in Turkey (Apr 2015)

Why general surveillance such as Australia is doing makes individuals and society less safe.

Facebook's tracking of users through cookies combined with Like buttons violates EU law.

The Philadelphia-area mass transit system was ordered to publish ads equating Islam with antisemitism.

The Grand Mufti did support Hitler, but it is a mistake to claim the Qur'an endorses antisemitism. It says that Jews and Christians are to be tolerated as second-class citizens — while other non-Muslims didn't even have that level of rights. While this is far from respect for religious freedom, it is not antisemitism (hatred specifically of Jews) either.

Compared with the Christianity of the 7th century, Islam in the 7th century wasn't bad. (On the other hand, China in the 7th century was far more tolerant.) The unfortunate thing is that Islam's respect for human rights has not advanced since the 7th century.

Polar bears seem unable to adapt to eating the foods available on land. Thus, the loss of polar ice is likely to wipe them out.

We could maintain a few in zoos, for as long as human civilization is wealthy and organized enough to have zoos. When hunger causes wars, people will eat the animals in the zoo.