Business Steve Bannon wants to deport Asian-born tech CEOs to preserve "civil society" Cory Doctorow

card games Donald Rumsfeld is a video game developer now Rob Beschizza

politics That time Dick Cheney complained Donald Rumsfeld drank too much coffee Mark Frauenfelder

television Famed TV host Phil Donahue dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

health Chronic pain sufferers betrayed: how the FDA and DEA deny access to safe, effective pain relief Ellsworth Toohey

media NY Times suffers from dementia, forgetting its own role in the Iraq War debacle Mark Frauenfelder

books Two great stories about saving books and libraries from war Elías Villoro

documentaries Documentary about the skateboarding scene in Pakistan Elías Villoro

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

politics The blowback of embargoes, cigars and capitalist wars A.E. Gómez

politics General Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, RIP David Pescovitz

surveillance Check out "Forever Wars," a new newsletter that reimagines national security reporting Thom Dunn

politics Donald Rumsfeld dead Rob Beschizza

Donald Rumsfeld dead Mark Frauenfelder

Science The CDC is why you and your loved ones aren't dead. Trump just banned them from using the phrase "science-based." Cory Doctorow

security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler

tips Good advice from bad people Boing Boing