Author: Egarwaen

Perhaps the new Pope isn’t all bad after all. The Vatican just issued a strong defence of Darwin and evolutionary science, effectively completely repudiating ID proponents who argue based on the Biblical account of...

Short diary this time, as I don’t have a lot of spare time today. But everyone should know about the Sony-MPAA case that established the legitimacy of recording, time-shifting, and (to a degree) archiving broadcast and...

Those who’ve followed the Internet’s history knows that its management has always been, at best, troubled. At worst, it’s been downright controversial. Recent moves by the Bush administration and Congress have attempted to derail an international effort to put management of the world’s largest network in the hands of people who represent more than a small fraction of the world. The consequences of this could range from further erosion of the US’s foreign influence to network fragmentation to a major blow to the Bush administration’s credibility and authority.

Most here have seen the downsides of forced agreement and intolerance of other points of view on other sides, and the resulting arguments here. While BT is better in general, we do still tend to cut arguments short on many...

We’ve got Booman Tribune, for America and general politics. And European Tribune, for discussing things across the *ahem* frog pond. But what about the Great White North?There’s plenty of politics going on in the...