Archive for April, 2008
A massive military occupation is serious business. Checkpoints ensure that every pedestrian and motorist has state-issued ID proving he belongs there; free movement is severely restricted. Soldiers line the streets, each outfitted with a variety of guns and non-lethal weapons. Soldiers, clumped in groups of five or six are stationed on every corner and several [...]
Hot Potato Mash has a great post about a video that is popular on YouTube of a public service announcement from the UK warning people to keep a look out for cyclists: He smartly links the clever lesson from the video to the massive problems in our criminal justice system with false eyewitness testimony, which [...]
Each day this week, headlines repeatedly announce hundreds of flights canceled by major carriers and focus on the frustration of stranded travelers. CNN devotes itself to coverage of how difficult this is for the airline industry and scare-and-reassure information for the weary traveler. It’s the kind of story that sells papers, and every outlet in [...]
On “The Daily Show” a few nights ago, Jon Stewart devoted a long segment to the hearings that were held last week by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on the virtual world Second Life. The comedy segment’s first laugh came at the expense of Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) who warned of the [...]
Michael Mukasey, the once-respected conservative legal scholar whose appointment as Attorney General was made possible by Democratic Senators Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, gave a speech in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago about the need to pass new surveillance legislation exactly as the Bush Administration wants it, with full immunity for telecom companies. [...]
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