That is SO annoying
Here’s a Web site I like almost as much as icanhascheezburgers.com and peopleofwalmart.com. It’s SoAnnoying.com – a place where you can rant about the things in life that bug you and read about what...
View ArticleHey, no fair
Occasionally I google my own name. I know it’s a sign of vanity, but I also want to see what friends and enemies are going to see when they google me. The Law of the Web is that if you don’t want the...
View ArticleGoogle vs. China
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. The issues behind Google’s decision to stop censoring its own search engine in China are perfectly encapsulated in the Chinese government’s...
View ArticleAbout those anonymous comments
Leonard Pitts’ column Thursday brings up a problem that has bedeviled newspaper people for years: the ugliness of some of the anonymous comments on our Web sites. Why do newspapers allow trolls to hide...
View ArticleCriminals, too, love the Internet
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. You can’t blame the Web for the brutal home invasion that left an Edgewood father dead Wednesday – but you can’t ignore its role, either. The...
View ArticleProgram aims at closing the low-income ‘digital divide’
This editorial will appear in Monday’s print edition. It’s a long-held belief in America that education is “the great equalizer.” But not all educations are created equal. In years past, a child with...
View ArticleAfter routing SOPA, Web giants must protect creators
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. America saw political history made Wednesday. Think colonial Minutemen decimating formidable redcoats – but firing from the Web, not fences and...
View ArticleThe Internet is eternal for crude videos and racy snapshots
I’ve been thinking about the intersection of two very different stories in the news in recent days: the Muslim riots over that trashy anti-Muhammad video and the nudie shots of Princess Kate that are...
View ArticleNSA data-spying has left the Constitution intact
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Hollywood sometimes portrays intelligence agencies as almost omniscient in their power to track Internet traffic. It turns out that Hollywood is...
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