What makes the Digg Patriots story interesting is not so much what they did, but what it tells us about society that they were able to do it at all. I am referring of course to the revelation that a group of “conservatives” organized to suppress certain kinds of information on the behemoth news sharing [...]
These three movements share fundamental similarities that make it unsurprising that they have many, though certainly not all, supporters in common. In each case, there is a fundamental desire to make conditional and exclusive those rights deemed equal and inalienable by the Constitution.
The American public suffers from a very dangerous case of amnesia. With all the new technology and advances in science, we have yet to find a way to keep Americans from forgetting basic facts, such as remembering that this economic recession was inherited from former president George W. Bush. Perhaps president Obama wasn’t really aware [...]
A conservative group on the popular content sharing site, Digg, was exposed on Thursday via an article on AlterNet written by Ole Ole Olson, News Junkie Post’s news senior editor and chief social media strategist. The story has been getting nationwide attention and angry users are calling for Digg’s CEO Kevin Rose to take action. [...]
With the discovery of a loophole in Montana’s medical marijuana law, the Big Sky State joins Oregon in no longer requiring residency to obtain legal authorization to use medicinal cannabis.
