Bitcoin Isn’t Anonymous. Is That a Dealbreaker?
Bitcoin is great. It allowed distributed online value transfer for the first time. No longer do people need to rely on a trusted third party—which can be pressured, corrupt, or …
Politics & Culture
Gay Democrat Mocks, Harasses Christians For Praying Quietly On Sidewalk
LGBT advocacy today comes from a place of rage and hatred. It is a movement of obnoxious lecturing, intimidation, bullying, and bitter rage that does little more than validate prejudices. …
Kicking People Off Online Platforms Is About Control, Not Free Speech
Big Media, run by the establishment, invariably seeks to marginalize and curate conservatism on their platforms. This debate used to be about broadcast TV; now it is about social media. …
The Upside of Teen Vaping
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which responded to an “epidemic” of underage vaping by imposing restrictions on sales of flavored e-cigarettes, admits the policy may deter adult smokers from …
Top UK Art Gallery Covers “Blasphemous” Paintings After Muslims Complain
A Top West London art gallery covered up two paintings last week at the request of the artist after Muslim visitors complained they were “blasphemous,” according to The Times. Rainbow Scenes by SKU, one …
Brickbat: Watch Where You Point That Thing
A Ladue, Missouri, police officer has been charged with second-degree assault for shooting an alleged shoplifter. An attorney for the officer says she thought she was drawing her Taser, not …
A Pediatrician Explains the Fallacy of Media-Hyped Hysteria
A few quick facts that I’ve covered in numerous articles. Firstly, there is clear evidence that shows measles outbreaks have occurred in highly vaccinated populations throughout history. For example, during the …
Austrians Describe Feeling Like Foreigners
Hundreds of regular Austrian citizens expressed to a national newspaper their views on migration, with some saying they felt like foreigners in their own country. The comments flooded in, partly …
U.N. Says 1 Million Species Will Go Extinct Without a ‘Fundamental, System-wide Reorganization’
A new United Nations report warns that “global rate of species extinction is already at least tens to hundreds of times higher than the average rate over the past 10 …
Udderly indefensible facial recognition scandal may drive new privacy mooovement
Have the Chinese hired American lawyers to vet their cyberespionage tactics – or just someone who cares about opsec? Probably the latter, and if you’re wondering why China would suddenly …