


Shutdown comments: The loony right is not so loony as you think?
Conservative intellectual Yuval Levin writes in the National Review: Republicans did not do nearly well enough in the last election to enact legislation that would repeal Obamacare. In order to repeal that law and attempt an effective reform of our health-care system along conservative lines, they will need to do better in the next election and the one to follow. To that end, they can take several kinds of steps with regard to...




WordPress: Have You Noticed Increased SPAM Comments Recently? Well, You Are Not Alone
Recently I noticed increased SPAM comments on this blog. Numbers are extremely high: more than 50k in a month. Comment spam is a fact of life if you have a blog. If you own a blog, chances are you have encountered...

Video Interviewing Platform HireVue Grabs $25 Million From Sequoia For Deeper Push Into HR
When digital recruiting platform HireVue got its start nine years ago, the company actually shipped webcams to job candidates, allowing them to interview for long-distance jobs online. Though today, video interviewing...


Tech firms’ release of PRISM data will harm security — new U.S. and FBI court filings
The Department of Justice, in long-awaited court filings that have just been released, urged America’s secret spy court to reject a plea by five major tech companies to disclose data about how often the government...







