Monthly Archives: June 2013

On the freedom to speak

On Bill Moyers, and in the Daily Beast, I spoke about the need for code to protect liberty and privacy in cyberspace. (Or a little more precisely, I repeated an argument for code to protect privacy that I have been … Continue reading

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On Bilderberg

I was invited to the Bilderberg conference this year — embarrassed I hadn’t known anything about it before, and more embarrassed I hadn’t known anything about the controversy around it.  But having been there, and done that, I confess I … Continue reading

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For someone who grew up when I did, nothing could be cooler than…

For someone who grew up when I did, nothing could be cooler than being interviewed by Bill Moyers.  (Original post on Tumblr)

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The Anti-Aristocrats (our Framers) v1

I’ve been collecting research about the Framers view about the potential for American aristocracy. My RA, Dennis Courtney, found this fabulous quote from Patrick Henry at the Virginia Ratifying Convention (emphasis added):  It has been said, by several gentlemen, that the … Continue reading

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