By Martin Bosworth The accessing of private passport-based travel data of all three Presidential candidates by contractors working for the State Department has finally galvanized Capitol Hill to address the issue of […]
Privacy vs. technology, freedom vs. convenience: it’s only going to get worse
Item: Citizens are concerned about online privacy and security. According to a new report from USC’s Center for the Digital Future, “Sixty-one percent of adult Americans said they were very or extremely […]
Millions of Americans are drinking water tainted with drugs
By Martin Bosworth If you were grossed out by the generally reasonable idea of drinking recycled sewer water to preserve supplies, you’ll love this–as many as 41 million Americans have been drinking […]
Would you like some sparkling clear sewer water with your meal?
A new program in Orange County has the locals squicking out over a supposed “toilet-to-tap” program. The program takes treated sewer water, runs it through the same reverse osmosis process that bottled […]
Fox News says terrorists are sending killer robots after us!
– by Deborah Levinson Like many liberals, I’ve never had a high opinion of Fox News, but even I was willing to believe they tried to adhere to some journalistic standards. And […]
Are Americans too stupid to drive?
Guest Scrogue Rho Holden is a frequent S&R commenter who lives and works in the greater Denver metro area. Check out the results of this recent report on the qualifications of American […]
I am data; politicians micro-target me to get elected
I earn between $50,000 and $75,000 a year. I have three degrees. I teach at a small Catholic liberal arts university. I own several cameras. I have two vehicles, one four-wheel-drive, the […]
The Weekly Carboholic
The World Future Energy Summit is taking place this week in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Conference topics include solar and wind power, clean transportation, carbon, waste-to-fuel conversion, biofuels, geothermal and other […]
VerseDay: The voice of Tennyson
According to the BBC, “Thomas Edison sent his agents round to the Poet Laureate’s home to record his voice on wax cylinders in 1890.” That poet laureate turns out to be none […]
Apple rents movies – and crickets chirp
Apple recently announced that they’d be renting movies via their iTunes service. As a result, I’ve started seeing analysts saying that this was going to make Apple even more dominant than they […]
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