Only in America could a professor faces charges for displaying a Firefly poster

I swear some people have absolutely no sense of humor, either that or they couldn't get a clue if it was stapled to their freaking forehead. Such is the case of Professor James Miller and his run in ... continue

Police: We can detain photographers if we feel their photographs have no aesthetic value

There is a war going on right now across the United States. We don't hear much about it unless you follow people like Thomas Hawk or Carlos Miller, both of whom write about this subject a lot; ... continue

Least Free State in the US is New York, According to Study

Research conducted at George Mason University's Mercatus Center has found New York to be the "least free state in the Union" according to a set of criteria that weighs factors including individual freedoms and obligations to government, like ... continue

Court of Appeals upholds firing over GIS search for ‘blonde’

The umbrella of content deemed Not Safe For Work (NSFW) got a bit bigger this week when the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a biology teacher's termination over a Google Image Search for the word "blonde." While ... continue

The tech blogosphere is full of myopic self-aggrandizing sycophants

OMG Twitter has a bug. OMG Facebook has a security (or privacy, or arrogance, or whatever gets everyone's panties in a bunch on any given day) problem. OMG Apple is going to fail because Android is selling more phones ... continue

Norway: It’s nice to see a country who cares about citizen privacy

It is re-assuring in a point in time where entertainment industry trade groups, like the RIAA, are pressuring governments and ISP by either suing them or helping them write legislation that there are some ... continue