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From the Official Google Blog regarding the recent Italian court case that found Google executives guilty of violating the privacy of a student that was bullied on a video that had been uploaded to YouTube. European Union law was drafted specifically to give hosting providers a safe harbor from liability so long as they remove [...]

I oppose Federal health care legislation. We need to balance the budget first. Our government does not know how to cut spending. They are spending my money and your money at an alarming rate and it worries me.

Cory Doctorow has written a thought provoking essay about how he thinks e-books relate to mass produced paper books and hand-copied books. This is not about the end of paper. That won’t happen any time soon. This is about freedom, copyrights, and new forms of distribution. Doctorow is an editor at Boing Boing, a SF [...]

I don’t want to live with someone who smokes, but I’ve never been bothered by a neighbhor who smokes. Calabasas, California has banned smoking in any place people might gather, including outdoor businesses and parks. They have even banned smoking in your own apartment! They say the second hand smoke might seep out windows or [...]

Joseph Asbell was my roommate back before the turn of the century. We parted ways when he went off to be an LDS missionary. Now he is working for a non-profit in California and puts his LDS Libertarian views on his blog ldslibertarian.blogspot.com.

I usually vote for the Republican or Libertarian candidate for president, but this year I will be voting for Barack Obama. One reason is I’m really curious to see if having an African-American President will affect the racial dynamics in the U.S. But I will also be voting for Obama because the Republicans at the [...]

Save the Bryant Park Project SaveBPP.org

I want to live in a peaceful world where I don’t have to fear becoming a collateral damage. Say what you want about right and wrong, the one with the power makes the rules. The one with the power will always have enemies. The United States of America has the most powerful army in the [...]