The Immorality of Copyright Law or GET YOUR DIEBOLD MEMOS HERE
Why is it legal and easy to publish this and this but not this? To recap: OK: Publishing a government…
How to Win Elections
I’ve been reading Michael Moore’s new book, Dude, Where’s My Country?, and I’ve become convinced that you could win elections…
Followup to “Question for Free-Market Libertarians”
Recently, I asked free-market libertarians why they opposed the inheritance tax. My reasoning went like this: Libertarians don’t like people…
Frag the Flag
Word on the street is that the FCC is planning to issue a Broadcast Flag mandate soon, giving the movie…
Question for Free-Market Libertarians
This is part of my series on the problems with libertarianism. I’m on the lower-left of the political spectrum, but…
The Left Sucks
My editor tells me I’m not offending enough of my audience, so today I’m going to attack the left. While…
Notes to Self
Invent “Next Big Thing” so you can go to Foo Camp (to paraphrase Seth Schoen, “You are in a…
Followup to “Shades of Gray”
What I Was Saying I wasn’t saying I wanted absolutes. I wasn’t saying I wanted to believe in lies that…
Shades of Gray
What do you do when someone says something obviously false? Do you correct them? Do you ignore them? On three…
The Evening News
When the world gets crazy and the news makes no sense, there’s always good ol’ Dan Rather to explain it…
Poison Dart Guns or Solving Politics with Technology
Background: Some people like guns. They argue that guns can be used to deter or prevent crime. Some people don’t…
Meeting Justice Kennedy
I saw Justice Anthony Kennedy tonight at Northwestern Law School. He gave a short talk on ethics and the Constitution,…
Aaron Swartz (me@aaronsw.com)