Chicago A little more than a decade ago, Azar Nafisi, an Iranian professor, author, and now ex-patriot, wrote a very enjoyable book called Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. It was a memoir obviously so it was about her own experiences before, during and after the revolution and what it was like to …
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President Defaults on Net Neutrality, Companies Bully the Public
New Orleans The battleground is clear, so let’s hope that the contending forces are ready for a slugfest rather than a fake pillow fight. The FCC in a 3-2 vote put the chairman’s two-tracked proposal for a faster “pay for streaming” lane up for formal discussion and comment before a final vote in several months. …
Google Corrections and Google Bombing: Privacy and the Right to Know
Houston The European Court has everyone in a thither about whether or not the great and almighty Google might have to make some effort to correct some of the reputational damage done to people by linking information to them which is out of date or perhaps rendered untrue. The debate now rages between what might …