Aug 21,2005
Microsoft’s iPod patent?
Does Microsoft hold the patent on the iPod's click wheel even though Apple invented it?
Aug 21,2005
It’s Specter time!
Assuming John Roberts is confirmed, Arlen Specter could very likely still shape the terms of debate in such a way as to make the next conservative nominee unconfirmable.
Aug 14,2005
Educational mobility
An Economist opinion editorial from July 14th (“The Missing Rung In The Ladder”) lamented the decrease in social mobility in the United States, and suggests that the solution is for...
Aug 07,2005
Freedom and Firefly
The incredibly libertarian storyline of the cancelled Fox sci-fi series Firefly still resonates with fans on DVD and will soon return in a feature film.
Jul 31,2005
What secret handshake?
“Why is it that membership in the Federalist Society has become the secret handshake of the Bush nominees for the federal court?” asked Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) during judicial confirmation...
Jul 28,2005
Off-Color Expose
“Tastelessness breeds tastelessness.” No joke, that’s what Don Nilsen tells me when I call. I want to know what Nilsen, editor of The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Humor and former...