On the Berkeley “right to know” ordinance

On Tuesday, Berkeley City Council adopted unanimously an ordinance inspired by Councilman Max…

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VIDEO: International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields,…

VIDEO: International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields, Martin Blank, PhD Spokesperson from ElectromagneticHealth.Org on Vimeo.

About to climb on a plane to fly to Berkeley to defend its proposed ordinance to give people information about the potential risks. But this development is amazing. 

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“Corruption” and the Clintons

My piece in the Washington Post about the strange eagerness of the Clinton defenders to use CJ…

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Equal from lessig on Vimeo.6 May 2015: Speech gave at Phillips…

Equal from lessig on Vimeo.

6 May 2015: Speech gave at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA: This develops more the theme that the central issue with our Republic is the corruption of a fundamental equality, and places ultimate responsibility for fixing this on our youth. Kind of a favorite version of this line.

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Day 2 of Ending iCorruption

Saturday is the second day of the Ending iCorruption conference at the Harvard Law School —…

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Ending iCorruption (the conference!)

This weekend at HLS we hold the final conference for the EJ Safra Center for Ethics’ Lab on…

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Excerpt

Hugo Connery was moved to transcribe the last bit from my ACRL keynote. You can watch that segment…

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“A Common Thread” from lessig on Vimeo. Keynote…

“A Common Thread” from lessig on Vimeo.

Keynote give at the Association of College and Research Libraries’ 2015 Portland Convention.

I show how three domains of my work are all animated by one idea. The three domains are “open access,” “network neutrality,” and so-called “campaign finance reform.” The one idea is equality.

I also debut a new hair style that I’m calling “the spike.” Let me know what you think about either.

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The sh*t Brad Smith says

The (former FEC Chairman) who said: The evidence is pretty overwhelming that the money does not play…

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The soul of the Echo

Our Amazon Echo came last week. Tess (5), after interacting with her for 30 minutes: “Alexa, can you…

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