The privacy implications of Wisconsin’s texting ban

A statewide ban on composing text and email messages while driving went into effect the first of this month. At less than a page the law is brief, but not necessarily simple. Reading text messages is still legal, but this from the Beloit Daily News stands out;

[Town of Beloit Sgt. Laura] Palmer said officers [...]

“tea party” in action

While much has been written about the “tea party” candidate running on an anti-health care platform and when winning cant wait to get their very own taxpayer funded Cadillac health care. Some examples of this are ‘ here, here and here. We have even been ridiculed about it by the water carrying ideologues on the [...]

Topic of the Week: What will Congress accomplish in 2011?

Seeing as how this will be the last topic of the week before the end of the year, I thought we’d take a minute to discuss what you think Congress can accomplish in 2011. Whether you agree or not with the agenda of congressional Democrats in 2010, there can be no denying they had a [...]

Sunday after Christmas open thread

So it’s the day after Christmas and I’d like to hear what you got from Santa this year. I’m typing this entry using my Christmas present Dragon speaking. Tell me what you got; I’d love to hear what your favorite present was.