This article, and the other articles in this "Room For Debate" about ADHD are awesome.
"Why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals?"
"In popular mythology, the impressive performances of America’s blacks, especially Owens, so infuriated Hitler that he refused to shake Owens’s hand after his victory in the 100-meter dash. It’s a good story, and one widely disseminated at the time to show that the Olympic spirit had triumphed over Nazi racism. The problem is, it never happened."
Nice little gloss on the TAL take on software patenting.
Nice oped by Viviana Zelizer about why it's considered so bad to give money as a gift.
Mostly a summary of how the CAFC is out of line in its strong support for pantents: "So, it is with only slight satisfaction that I report the Supreme Court yesterday accepted another patent case. This is another instance where the CAFC went far beyond merely interpreting the patent statute in order to benefit patentees and harm the public. I am confident it will be another instance where the Supreme Court will correct the CAFC."
The Economist takes up the issue of network services and autonomy!
Striking editorial by murdered Sri Lankan journalist published posthumously.
Interesting opinion article in favor of the LGPL for QT.
