corruption Silvio Berlusconi prostitution-ring wiretaps: sex with eight women in one night, "I'm only prime minister in my spare time" Cory Doctorow
donald trump Comrade Mike Johnson takes orders from his leader Vladimir Putin: Ukraine aid sits in limbo Mark Frauenfelder
Rich People Private jets make up nearly 20% of US flights but only pay for 2% of FAA funding Thom Dunn
cryptocurrency Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues: a refreshingly hopeful finance thriller about cryptocurrency Thom Dunn
trump Top FBI official who investigated ties between Trump and Russia has been charged with illegally helping a Russian oligarch Mark Frauenfelder
late stage capitalism World's thinnest mechanical watch costs $1,888,000 and has a picture of a horsey Mark Frauenfelder
russiagate Corrupt Ukrainian oligarch, a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and funder of Kevin McCarthy, sentenced to federal prison yesterday Mark Frauenfelder
trump Trump's name is perfect for him: a "braying, bumptious mountebank" who repeatedly fleeces his gullible marks Mark Frauenfelder