New York is truly the greatest city in the world. That’s always an easy conclusion to reach after spending a week there (and eating a week’s worth of food there) as I just did. I didn’t have any Internet access and only watched a few scattered minutes of the local news channel, NY1. I learned [...]

Last month, before the Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill authorized by Congress, Joe Lieberman delivered a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition, called “Now is the time for choosing.” If you can stomach reading another pro-war keynote for the pep squad, the text of the speech is on Lieberman’s site, disguised as the longest paragraph, [...]

The G8 summit wrapped up today in Germany, where President Bush was likely offering back rubs and the Germans were, no doubt, reciprocating with offers of their famous pretzels. (Essen Sie die Brezel!) While most of the world was stunned to hear Bush even mentioning climate change this week, residents of Greenland were hearing something [...]

On this day in 1633, Galileo Galilei was forced by the Catholic Church to recant his endorsement of Nicolaus Copernicus’ claim that the earth revolves around the sun. He was threatened with torture and sentenced to life in prison, finally ending up with a life sentence of house arrest after promising never to mention his [...]

  It’s important, while considering Net Neutrality, to consider who is fighting against it in the Senate: Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens. The Commerce Committee is set to vote on the latest Net Neutrality bill on Thursday. We cannot sit back and wait for the results. Keep calling your senators and getting the message out [...]

  Thanks to the solid efforts of the FDL community, we have some excellent analogies encapsulating what’s at stake in the fight for Net Neutrality. Now it’s time to narrow them down to the ones we think are the simplest and clearest. We have very little time to inspire people in our local communities to [...]

(Looks like we’re going to have to keep fighting this one.  And we accepted one of "those ads" once again.  So it gives me great pleasure to present this fine guest post from Dover Bitch on the topic of Net Neutrality, based on a popular suggestion she made in the comments. — JH) The time [...]