As reported by the EFF:, libertarian interest group The Cato Institute has come out against the DMCA, a testament to the intstitute's thoroughness in a commitment to a libertarian conception of justice. It's just that idea of justice that finds many (especially me) butting heads with the libertarians on a range of issues and being in bed with them on others, but it's good to see another positive outcome of their slavish devotion to "hands-offness."

When TV networks start streaming their shows, uncensored, on the internet, it might be a good time to pose the question: is television passe?

It’s no secret that SSRIs squelch the sex drive. But, according to anthropologist Helen Fisher, they also "jeopardize feelings of romantic love, feelings of attachment to a spouse or partner, one's fertility and one's genetic future."

Mayor Bloomberg met with a bunch of gay and lesbian leaders this week to discuss the prospect of winning same sex marriage rights in New York. The Times was out reporting that tired old story about a Christian gay conversion group that was in a huff instead.

Ask any social worker, ACS worker, or civil rights lawyer in New York and they’ll tell you that queer youth, especially those who are people of color, have a disproportionately higher rate of experiencing violence, discrimination, of suicide and homelessness than other teens.

Paul Newman is a damned handsome man - I'm not the first one to say it. Whether he's gobbling down 50 hard boiled eggs in Cool Hand Luke or emblazoning the box of cookies with his clasically chiseled visage, nobody can deny the magnetic power of his Newmanness. He's found himself oddly at odds with the MPAA recently, and I'm a little torn over this one - the complex topic of today's conflict that has brought chaos to the Newman Zone? "Image Rights."

A University of Minnesota study shows Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society”

A 2005 study by Emory University Psychiatrist Gregory Berns revealed that social pressure can literally change what you see.

Hollywood has just unveiled its latest weapon against terrori.. huh, sorry, pirates. Now the MPAA is ready to train the Iraqi army, whoops, sorry again, I meant the theater employees.

With the emergence of European retailers in the American fashion market, the look and scope of the mass-retailing industry is shifting to new business trends.

For anyone who hasn't been to New Orleans since Katrina, beneath every interstate overpass lays a patchwork of dusty cars. Each one is a petri dish. An estimated 25-30,000 vehicles still contaminate the city and they're not going anywhere fast.

More predictions on upcoming Iraq war movies.

You know things are getting out of hand when there's an actual syndrome named after a plastic doll.

Abdul Rahman is charged with converting to Christianity 16 years ago and faces the ultimate punishment

There is another good reason to stay away from soda: Benzene