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May 22, 2011 Politicians

Well-stocked national digital library systems, please, Mr. Clinton—not a ‘Ministry of Truth’ or other police agency

Scam artists and worse infest the Internet. But the Net also brims with honest expressions of political opinion. Yes, I

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October 31, 2010 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals

TSA airport ‘security’ bullies excel as unwitting Tea Party recruiters

I’ll leave the graphic Orwellian details to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, but the Transportation Security Administration has finally outdone itself

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May 11, 2009 Internet

Scandals and the Internet—or lack of it

The Detroit Free Press and the rival News decided to print home-delivery editions just three days a week. Competition from

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January 4, 2009 Future scandals

Mind-reading and Scandals’ ‘Reporting Chips’

http://www.cbs.com/thunder/swf30can10cbsnews/rcpHolderCbs-3-4×3.swf Watch CBS Videos Online The Solomon Scandals is a time-warpy kind of novel. Most of the plot unfolds in

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