October 7, 2008

  • d’bait

    Watching the “debate” between McCain and Obama. Hard not to. After eight years of a truly bad presidency, it matters more than usual who our next prez will be. But these guys aren’t saying much. Worse, I don’t believe either of them are going to do what they say they’re going to do. Anyway, I’m… Continue reading

  • A daft French regulation

    Banning Copyright Infringers from the Internet : a View from Europe is the subject of a luncheon talk at the Berkman Center, going on right now. (Webcast live.) At issue is a new French regulation that would block copyright infringers from using the Net (as if this were enforceable). It’s an EU hot potato right… Continue reading

  • SeeMail

    Who else reads your e-mail? is an op-ed by my colleague Harry Lewis, in the Christain Science Monitor. At its core is a loophole that’s sort of a peephole:   The Fourth Amendment states:   “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,… Continue reading