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Where’s the media focus? 13 Jul 2013 | 11:41 pm
This is why, when journalists claim that Snowden derailed the story himself, we must remind them that no, they did. Also interesting: India is paying close attention to PRISM. As I wrote the other da...
Inhumane 12 Jun 2013 | 03:35 am
Today, as I flew from Paris to Tunis on Air France, I witnessed something horrific. I am writing this merely to document my experience without comment; perhaps later I’ll share my thoughts as well. As...
For Posterity 7 Jun 2013 | 02:31 am
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Turkey is not Egypt, you lazy fool 1 Jun 2013 | 11:43 pm
Turkey is not Egypt. But seriously, you guys. It’s really not. — katherine maher (@krmaher) June 1, 2013 But seriously guys, it’s not. I can’t believe I even have to say this. But, OH MY GOD CNN WTF: ...
Send me to the Friedman Forum! 28 May 2013 | 01:04 pm
You couldn’t begin to imagine my horror excitement when I received an invite to the Friedman Forum in San Francisco on June 20. My heart sank skipped a few beats and my eyes welled up brightened at th...
Guns vs. bombs in the terrorism debate 23 Apr 2013 | 05:14 am
In his column today, Glenn Greenwald asks: “Can an act of violence be called ‘terrorism’ if its motives are unknown?” Greenwald surmises: “It’s hard not to suspect that the only thing distinguishing t...
More commentary on a generation 19 Apr 2013 | 09:50 am
I think that the core of what I was getting at last time I talked about my generation is the tension between being called digital natives and being capable of feeling nostalgia for analog. I eat out ...
Talkin’ ’bout my generation (I think) 13 Apr 2013 | 08:18 pm
It was odd, this morning, to spot this piece by Chelsea Clinton debunking myths about Millennials. Odd, mainly, because while Clinton refers to them as somewhat alien, she is by most definitions a Mil...
To my father on his 61st birthday 1 Apr 2013 | 11:08 pm
I’m on another of those journeys where I wake up some mornings not really knowing where I am. The only difference is that I’ve been given a little more space to breathe: thanks to the delightful coin...
#FreeBassel 20 Mar 2013 | 03:57 pm
Last Friday, Creative Commons, Wikimedia, and EFF hosted a small gathering in honor of our friend, Bassel (Safadi) Khartabil, who remains in prison in Syria a year after his arrest. The event, one of ...
