We need a history lesson about Nazis

We need a history lesson about Nazis - Leonard Pitts Jr. - MiamiHerald.com:

"It's important to remember that the Nazis are passing out of living memory; U.S. soldiers of that era are said to be dying at the rate of 1,200 a day. Which makes it too easy, I think, for a nation of notorious historical illiteracy to remake the Nazis as some kind of all-purpose bogeymen for slandering political enemies and scoring cheap rhetorical points."

Gag me with a SYS-CON

I suppose there are some good tech articles at the SYS-CON MEDIA site. I'm not sure because every time I go there the distracting animated advertising and annoying pop-ups cause a gag reflex and I just leave. Maybe it's just me.

Cory Doctorow: You shouldn't have to sell your soul just to download some music

From the Guardian: Cory Doctorow: You shouldn't have to sell your soul just to download some music:

"The same companies that spent decades telling lawmakers that they were explicitly not the guardians of the morality of the young – that they couldn't be held accountable for sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, for gangsta rap, for drug-fuelled dance-parties – did a complete reversal and began to beat their chests about the corrupting influence of downloading on the poor kiddies."