During the Putinesque "election" in the Crimea, Russian troops patrolled the streets and attacked anti-Russian demonstrators.

The people of the Crimea should have the right to integrate with Russia, but they deserve to choose freely.

The state of Louisiana is suing MoveOn over a billboard that criticizes the governor using a state publicity slogan.

This lawsuit is based on trademark law. The article unwisely calls it "IP law", which is confusing since it drags in other unrelated laws (copyright, patent, trade secret, publicity rights and more) that have nothing to do with the issue.

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html for more explanation.

Avoiding this confusion is as easy as pie: just remember not to use the term "IP" (except when you mean "internet protocol"). In fact, you have to go out of your way to cause the confusion. Too bad so many writers go out of their way.

By the US government's secrecy logic, the Fourth Amendment ought to be retroactively made secret.

The danger of retroactive secrecy implies that we need to store any documents describing US government activities outside the US, in places that the US government cannot reach.

For once, Abbott is about to do something right. (Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.)

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend. It includes the freedom to say things that you or I despise. Censorship is very dangerous.

It is difficult to use a GMO designed to repel a pest without causing the pest to develop resistance. The commercial incentives of agribusiness, and the weakness of government regulation cowed by plutocrats, guarantees failure.