law Guy who preemptively shot his BBQing neighbors says that self-defense includes killing people who pose "imminent" danger, like Saddam and drone-victims Cory Doctorow
denialism A new biography reveals the Koch brothers' very early role in creating organized climate denial Cory Doctorow
Old school "IBM PC Compatible": how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization Cory Doctorow
Business Pat Buchanan on the Republican Party's historical opposition to free trade deals Cory Doctorow
movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf
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politics Iraqi defector whose phony WMD intel and "sexed up graphics" led to 100,000+ deaths: "Yes, I lied." Xeni Jardin
guestblog Smart Bombs: Mark Dery, Steven Pinker on the Nature-Nurture Wars and the Politics of IQ Mark Dery
Civlib Congress set to vote on telecom spying immunity TOMORROW — write to your rep NOW! Cory Doctorow