National and International Political Commentary, plus Activist Calendar for the Hudson Valley. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. THE HUDSON VALLEY CALENDAR IS UPDATED WITH NEW EVENTS EVERY FEW DAYS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

Is there no room for idealism in foreign policy? December 17, 2012 by ryfountain. Is there no room for idealism in foreign policy? Is there no room to take a risk on diplomacy over militarization? December 17, 2012 by jbirlew.

Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa.

Witty and topical observations of our globalized world, geography, politics, and life in general. Friday, November 14, 2008. Is your cat plotting to kill you? I have two cats, so they can team up. How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Comes this excellent graphic of the US economy from the 1920 to 2008.

Building Networks and Coalitions Against the Islamisation of Europe. Clearinghouse of information on the fight to preserve civil liberties in Europe. Proposed Charter of Muslim Understanding. Blogs, News Services, Articles. A Brief History of the Transatlantic Counterjihad. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Technology Journalist, Radio Producer, and Author. At Ars Technica, and is also an author and radio producer. His second book, Habeas Data. About the legal cases over the last 50 years that have had an outsized impact on surveillance and privacy law in America, is due out May 8, 2018 from Melville House. In 2017, Cyrus Farivar and Joe Mullin won the Technology Reporting.