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ISP advertising and behavioral privacy

…access to all or substantially all of an individual’s Web traffic as it travels through the ISP’s infrastructure, including traffic to all political, religious, and other non-commercial sites. While traditional…

Mish and Rdan similar comment guidelines

Mish says: Comment Guidelines: Comments should be succinct, constructive and relevant to the story. We encourage engaging, diverse and meaningful commentary. Comments that include personal attacks, racial, religious, or ethnic…

Soc Sec XVI: Democracy and Reaction

…risks to the political, economic, and religious structure of society as it existed, not just to crowned monarchs (though Louis XVI showed that had to be taken into consideration), but…

You, Me and China make Three, part II

…would lead to the market mechanism and capitalism, the scientific method, religious tolerance, and the organization of states into self-governing republics through democratic means. In this view, the tendency of…

Social Science Research Insights

…to have earlier and bigger families, and women are less likely to work. It may be that religious differences can explain a significant portion of economic inequality in the United…

Anbar and Pakistan

John Robb offers a viewpoint on progress in Iraq and lessons to be learned. When the Askariya shrine was bombed in February 2006, it fractured Iraqi social systems along religious

The other side of the coin in Iraq

…want is decent public services and accountable officials.”The religious parties and coalitions plant fear and terror among people to make sure they keep their mouths shut,” said Ahmed al-Hassawi, a…

The Moral Case for Liberalism

…the well-being of others on equal footing with the concern for oneself. This is a good, and just, and morally strong belief, deeply grounded in both religious and secular morality,…

The Economist Endorses Kerry

…new approach to achieve that goal, and shakes off his fealty to an extreme minority, the religious right, then The Economist will wish him well. But our confidence in him…