Thursday, January 3
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Jeremy Horpedahl is the guest editor today. |
Column by Jim Davies.
We Have Everything to Fear from ID Cards
“Surveillance
cameras and lost data will prove minuscule problems next to ID cards, which
will obliterate the fundamental right to walk around in society as an
unknown.”
RIAA Goes After 'Personal Use' Doctrine
“Now the RIAA has a new angle: Sue people who rip tracks from purchased CDs onto their computers. The implications are far-reaching and dangerous.” (2 pages)
2007
Is America's Deadliest Year in Iraq
24,000
Civilian Iraqi Deaths in 2007
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm
“When
judging risks, we often go wrong by using what’s called the availability
heuristic: we gauge a danger according to how many examples of it are readily
available in our minds. Thus we overestimate the odds of dying in a terrorist
attack or a plane crash because we’ve seen such dramatic deaths so often on
television; we underestimate the risks of dying from a stroke because we
don’t have so many vivid images readily available.”
Taking Photos of Your Grandchildren: Terrorism
Subsidies Keep Small-Airport Flights in the Air
“It's a hell of a gig. The government pays me to operate the airplane. I make money regardless. Even if I don't carry passengers, that's fine.”
In Illinois, a Ban Sends Smokers Into the Cold
“‘People
weren’t happy about it,’ Tito Chacon, a waiter at the Billy Goat Tavern, a
An
Update on the Lakota Freedom Movement
"There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy, 100 billion galaxies in the universe—a sextillion stars. There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth." (Editor's pick)
Giuliani to Run for President of 9/11
Satire.
Giuliani Returns to 9/11 in New Ad
Not satire.
The Market for Liberty, by Linda and Morris Tannehill. (Editor's pick)
A photo blog.