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Wisconsin threatens to strip the vote from prediction market participants
Many actions today are termed “threats to democracy,” and this is often an exaggeration. But the term fits to a tee the Wisconsin Elections…
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Hopping the fence: The failures of social media bans
There is growing global momentum toward mandatory age verification and stricter internet safety regulations. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 56…
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Congress should fight piracy, not make ISPs internet police
Online piracy is a serious problem for content creators and rightsholders. Studies estimate that unauthorized streaming and downloads cost the US economy billions…
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Epidemiology Beyond Its Limits
In 1995, science writer Gary Taubes warned that the science of epidemiology (tracing the source and causes of disease) was reaching a crisis…
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Taming the NGOs: An Epic Fight
NGOs are strong – so strong that some commentators call them the “second superpower.” Over the last 10 years, the NGO movement has become so…
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NGOs: Dependent ‘Independents’
Curious exhortations last week by crusading Commissioner David Byrne elevated questions over the deceptive role played by the Commission funded, yet purportedly “independent”…
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Tying Down a Cultural Giant
There’s an amusing scene in Gulliver’s Travels in which the protagonist awakens from a nap and has his first encounter with the tiny…
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“Direct Action” The Tactics of Radical Activism: Part 1, How Environmental Groups Use Violent Tactics to Advance their
Full article available as a pdf. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />July 8, 2000 –Kwajalein Atoll,…
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The Global Network of Snobs
Cultural creativity is big business in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America. According to the most recent data from Economists Incorporated, U.S.