The EU wants some control: The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the future of Internet governance. A senior U.S. official reiterated Thursday that the country wants to remain the Internet’s ultimate …
Archives for September 2005
SCOTUS Picks
John Hawkins asked a number of bloggers (me included) who they would pick, who they thought Bush would pick, and who they hoped Bush would not pick. The results are here.
Judy, Judy, Judy
I suspect we can expect the Plame Game to kick into high gear now that Mrs. Miller has been released from jail: Judith Miller, the reporter for The New York Times who has been jailed since July 6 for refusing to testify in the C.I.A. leak case, was released Thursday from a Virginia detention center …
Defending Bill Bennett
I was going to just ignore this because it is such a stupid non-issue, but now that I see it is all over cable news, I guess I will defend Bill Bennett because no one else will. Bill Bennett is a pompous ass who has made a career peddling culture war bullshit. He is an …
Schwarzanalphabet Vetoes
Here is the story: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in California, saying that although he believes gay couples are “entitled to full protection under the law,” the bill would have wrongly reversed an initiative California voters approved five years ago. “I do not believe the Legislature can …
Hehe
Now Roger Simon is getting pissy about ID. Good. He should. Via the irascible Richard Bennett, who has a few things to say himself. And before any accuses me of smearing Richard, let me just say that irascible in today’s idiotic world is a high compliment. At least from me. From one cranky bastard to …
Doubting Dreier?
The Prism Warden takes Sullivan to task for his seeming abandonment of principle: Surely, given his personal history with outing and his apparent distaste for Rogers’ tactics, one would think Sullivan would condemn this activity and not give it the time of day. You’d be wrong. Here is the Andrew Sullivan of today: DREIER PUSHED …