intellectual property

Times of peril are always times of violence. The Civil War was violent. The 1890s were violent. World War II...

This 4th of July I’m celebrating freedom and the great freedom-giver of my lifetime. I’m celebrating the Free Web and...

Rebuilding local news means working step by step, reader by reader, business partner by business partner. It’s a hands-on job,...

If a story is only covered by paywalled publications, people who aren’t paying for “the content” can’t read it. This...

Serendipity and Community. Wonder and intimacy. A deep connection with what makes us unique, and what we share. These are...

There is no such thing as an unlimited draw from a limited pool of funds, and we just haven’t figured...

Almost a decade ago, I dedicated a week of this blog to the story of Bruce Springsteen.  I told the...

If cloud czars want this world to keep spinning in their direction they must take responsibility for that spin, as...

The time has come to confront evil with good, and lies with truth. If Google isn’t to go down in...

Parents and grandparents must be shown that the game is not rigged against them if they are to support a...