Why is it our government feels the need to monitor our communications to protect us from the terrorists being financed by the gasoline we buy – for which our government feels no need to create alternatives?
May 31, 2006
Walk faster, pay more
Dana Blankenhorn spots an essay (Sidewalks: Paying by the stroll) by Bob Frankston satirizing efforts by the Bell Companies to charge you for access (by quality of service) to the Internet. This piece is worth a read.
As a continuation of a theme started by the first post of today — why would you consent to allowing [...]
May 31, 2006
Citizen, boss, employee?
Here is a classic thinking question for undergraduate political science students.
If you work in a government, and that government is run by officials elected by the public, are you your own boss? Discuss why and why not.
So, the Supreme Court offers their answer in Garcetti et al vs. Ceballos (pdf). The press is talking about [...]
