Tag Archives: government

TED.com – Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

Clay Shirky deliv­ers a clear and cogent his­tory and expla­na­tion of PIPA/SOPA, walk­ing through through both the intent and what the ram­i­fi­ca­tions of the bill and how it changes the entire legal sys­tem under which web­sites operate.

January 19, 2012 – 5:38 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Copyright, Culture, Politics, Quick Posts, Social Media, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Groklaw – The Google Microsoft Fight About FISMA Certification

This is a fun story.

April 14, 2011 – 7:13 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Rebekah Monson – Twentysomething: How my generation works

What to know how the Gen Y works and thinks?

September 10, 2010 – 12:08 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

The New Yorker – Filibusters and arcane obstructions in the Senate

The New Yorker with a long and detailed essay on how the Sen­ate became a bro­ken organization.

August 1, 2010 – 11:59 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Going, Going, Gone – SeedMagazine.com

Helium is quickly being depleted from the US.

April 7, 2010 – 11:30 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Science | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Crossing the Line — Reason Magazine

FBI goes through sev­eral hoops and tries to get a per­son to com­mit a sin­gle crime (not even convicted).

January 4, 2010 – 8:07 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

My response to Glen Beck’s silly “We surround them”

Glen Beck not too long ago did a silly lit­tle thing in which he posted a list of 9 state­ments and said that if you believe in them to send in a pic­ture for him to do dis­play them or some­thing. This is my response to the list. Amer­ica is good. Right a coun­try is now …

March 11, 2009 – 1:00 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off