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Reuters and the New York Times have reported that a secret court secretly asked Yahoo to secretly screen all users’ e-mail for digital “signatures” that reportedly could appear in the messages between potential terrorists.  Yahoo secretly complied and secretly sent … Continue reading →

Spanish thinker José Ortega y Gassett wrote a lot about “mass man.”  In Rebelión de las Masas, he said: “The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different, that is excellent, individual, qualified, and select. Anybody who is not like … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the federal government has the right to refuse to explain to rejected visa applicants why they’ve been refused visas.  The specific case involved a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan and her Afghan husband, whom … Continue reading →

Hardly a week goes by that we don’t see reports on American companies’ efforts to take advantage of cheap foreign labor — usually abroad but also in the United States.  The U.S. government’s H-1B visa program provides 85,000 visas a … Continue reading →

A retired Army lieutenant colonel receiving millions in U.S. federal contracts has engaged in bizarre, abusive acts — and the money just keeps on coming.  The government has given the company of the officer, John Hagmann, more than $10 million … Continue reading →

An article in Slate about an FDA advisory board’s vote in favor of “viagra for women” probed whether the drug would be for women’s bodies or for their minds.  The piece points out that the pill’s purpose is to create … Continue reading →

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania has found that many Americans do not think trading their personal information in return for personalized services, giveaways or discounts is a good idea, but they are resigned to having … Continue reading →

Transportation Security Administration screeners failed to detect weapons and other prohibited items 95 percent of the time when their agency’s inspectors put them to the test.  Inspectors routinely got through security with all kinds of dangerous stuff in their bags … Continue reading →

Atlantic Monthly reports that, despite laws banning the practice, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research has found that roughly half of American employees are not allowed — overtly or tacitly — to discuss their pay with coworkers.  In the private … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that more than two-thirds of America’s youth would fail to qualify for military service because of physical, behavioral or educational shortcomings.  The military deems many youngsters ineligible due to obesity, lack of a high-school … Continue reading →