Data data everywhere, but not a drop for me We’re all familiar with being used. We’re used day in and day out. As an example, you may be aware, Facebook has recently been made a party to a class action law suit for using user data for marketing and advertisements without consent. This is by…
It may come as no surprise to many folks out there that there’s a lot of overlap within the monolithic entity that governs us. But would you have guessed that up to $70 million of your tax dollars were wasted on duplicate funding of U.S.-government-backed research projects over the past ten years? After going through…
Cartels are something I usually associate with crooked politicians or the mob. But did you know our northern neighbor has a maple syrup cartel? Apparently Canada is to maple syrup what Saudi Arabia is to oil in that Canada produces up to 78 percent of the world’s maple syrup. More specifically it’s Canada’s Federation of…
Oklahoma Senate Bill 32 gives a dog a bad name — literally! Currently, Oklahoma state law doesn’t allow bans on dog breeds. But that could soon change with SB32 which would allow cities to ban dog breeds they don’t much care for. I’m torn on this. One one hand I look at this as an…
As the saying goes: “Women. You can’t live with ’em. You can’t live without ’em.” And now in some restaurants you can’t dine with ’em either. Epicurious reports that women-only restaurants are popping up worldwide from Las Vegas to London. There’s even one in Zhengzhou, China. What’s interesting about these places is that there doesn’t…
Is it time for a change in US Copyright law? by Dr. Vincent Mamo Intellectual property is a divisive issue amongst those of us who consider ourselves to be part of the liberty movement. Even amongst the larger parties, differences in opinions can have consequences. In general, intellectual property encompasses patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade…