politics NYT Opinion columnist David Brooks issues a mea culpa after spending $50 on a glass of whiskey while decrying the "terrible economy" Jennifer Sandlin
David Brooks Smoke House Barbeque dunks on Brook's $78 hamburger claim: "Looks like someone was knocking back some serious drinks" Mark Frauenfelder
twitter NY Times' David Brooks, forgetting how much he drank, complains of $80 burger Mark Frauenfelder
law A 15-year-old girl killed a 37-year-old man who raped her. Now she must pay $150,000 to the family of her "victim" Rob Beschizza
censorship Glenn Greenwald was cancelled from the Harper's Letter warning about "cancel culture" Thom Dunn
tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week's tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan
health One company bought all the retail outlets for glasses, used that to force sales of all the eyewear companies and jacked up prices by as much as 1000% Cory Doctorow
deaths Deaths: Actor Bob Einstein, 'Super Dave Osborne' and Marty Funkhouser on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Xeni Jardin
corruption Cheap dates: here's how much it cost the telcoms sector to buy Congress and murder Net Neutrality Cory Doctorow
Business Disney buys Fox in all-stock deal, making Rupert Murdoch the largest shareholder in the company Cory Doctorow
security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler
