WASHINGTON--These are perilous times for online privacy, free speech
and the freedom to tinker with legally purchased hardware and software.
Last week, the House of Representatives
approved a constitutionally dubious
bill to criminalize domain names that might possibly confuse children,
while the
The tide is turning against the U.S. empire's plans to tighten its grip on
the Middle East. On the weekend of Jan. 18, global protests confronted the
building drive of US military conquest of Iraq. From the bustling streets
of Tokyo, to the frigid city of Washington D.C., to sunny San Francisco,
