Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Here we go again! Senator Ted Stevens, who has already shown such an exquisite understanding of how the internet works, has introduced a bill that looks exactly like DOPA, with some extra anti-porn legislation written into it for good measure. Any minute now, Helen Lovejoy will come running in, screaming, “Will someone please think of [...]
Saturday, October 21, 2006
One of my favorite authors is Ray Bradbury. His manic enthusiasm for life, art and what many people consider “trash culture” (like monster movies and carnivals and comics), his approach to writing, his beautiful beautiful prose, his wide-eyed race towards tomorrow. I love the 10-year-old boy in the old man’s frame. His novel Fahrenheit 451 [...]
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Happy Banned Books Week! I won’t actually be reading any banned or challenged books this week (I’m already in the middle of at least 5 books right now), but I absolutely support other people reading whatever they want, whether I approve of the book or not.
Another great condemnation of DOPA: “The Moral Panic over Social-Networking Sites.”
On CBSNews.com, Larry Magid writes about why DOPA is so incredibly wrongheaded. Are y’all in DC paying attention and taking notes?