I am looking for people to write a recipe for how to connect to the WiFi in a New York City subway station without running its nonfree Javascript code. The recipe could include a free Javascript program I could run, or it could consist of instructions for what I would type into IceCat (our variant of Firefox). It doesn't have't be super convenient, it just has to work.

Global heating denialists advertise on Google, becoming more visible than real scientific conclusions.

I presume that the money to pay for these ads comes through a secret channel from the Koch brothers or fossil fuel companies.

The person who made the hoax call that sent the SWAT team that killed Andrew Finch is morally responsible for the killing.

The thug that shot him is likewise morally responsible for the killing. Don't let the thugs evade their responsibility by dumping it all on the false report!

The new US newspaper chains buy lots of local newspapers, fire most of the staff, and make them part of a centralized business that treats local news reporting as the lowest priority. With this cost cutting, they extract profit for some years until people catch on that the newspaper is no longer worth looking at.

One of the few progressive changes in the Republican tax attacks was to cap the deductibility of state and local taxes from federal tax. People that pay more than $10,000 a year in state and local taxes will have to pay more federal tax because of this change.

Perversely, there is a proposal for the states to cancel the effect of this change by replacing the income tax with a payroll tax.

This change would have a bad long-term side effect that the article does not mention. Payroll taxes encourage businesses to cut they payroll expenses by replacing workers with automation.

I think we should eliminate all payroll taxes, and compensate by raising the income tax, and by taxing fossil fuels more.