The US says that Russian agents "penetrated" some states' election agencies.

This is a bad thing, but I'm far more worried about the penetration by Republicans.

The Federal Reserve has started to raise interest rates, mainly with the purpose of stopping workers from getting raises.

The US immigration thug agency has asked for access to all the government's secret surveillance data, which supposedly is collected to "protect" us from "terrorists".

If we tolerate government collection of data about Americans in general, the government will use it against us in ever increasing ways. We must put an end to this data collection.

The death of John Perry Barlow is a reminder of the time when we thought the internet could bring people freedom.

The good that the internet can do is being blocked by censorship and drowned out by intentional lies, while the bad (total surveillance and the War on Sharing) is growing without restraint.

If you want freedom, the first step is to build the strength to say "no thanks" when someone offers you convenience in exchange.

Spirit airlines told a passenger she could bring her miniature hamster on board — then when she arrived, told her no, so she had to kill it in order to get home.

The airline spokesjerk expressed shock that she killed her hamster, pretending that this wasn't compelled by the airline's decision. What else was she supposed to do — remain indefinitely at the airport, effectively homeless? Spend a week going home by bus and miss classes?

The airline should have cages for use to keep small animals in the hold, if it doesn't want to carry them in the cabin.