Remember kindergarten? I sure donâÄôt. But I have a good grasp of what the stereotypical kindergarten experience is supposed to be. And IâÄôm pretty confident that in kindergarten, youâÄôre...

A recent court ruling and the resulting actions of the Federal Communications Commission have brought the sporadically-debated issue of net neutrality back into the limelight. First, some background: Comcast,...

There are two notions of what it means for something to be free. The first is the freedom to do or not do as you see fit. The second is free as in beer, the meaning of which should be obvious to college...

Today is the last day of elections for the Minnesota Student Association executive leadership. IâÄôm sure many of you, in a fervor of patriotic duty, are planning to vote sometime today if you...

I once saw a discussion âÄî on the Internet, of all places âÄî on the potential value of misandry, i.e., man hating. However, since most of the people in the forum were men, the topic quickly...

EditorâÄôs note: This is the second in a two-part look into how people interact in online communities. When last we left our intrepid heroes, the Mythica, we defined them to be the âÄúunreal...

EditorâÄôs note: This is the first in a two-part look into how people interact in online communities. By now, those of you who pay attention to these kinds of things (or, at the very least, read...

To call Twitter a phenomenon on the Internet would certainly be an understatement. Twitter is a phenomenon on the Internet like the Internet is a phenomenon in modern life: extremely innovative and just...

Google has, in its time, exerted a massive amount of influence on the way that we use the Internet. This is inarguable except by that very particular brand of person capable of defending the position that...

Futurology is a wonderful thing. It is nothing if not a lens into the hopes and angst of humanity as it gazes into the future, seeking for the merest glimpse of what wonders it holds. Also, when we actually...

Two weeks ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech. This speech, to my knowledge, was not censored by the U.S. government in any way. The speech in question was on the topic of what Clinton...

The English language once had a problem. Admittedly, the English language isnâÄôt perfect. No natural language is. However, itâÄôs simply ridiculous that spelling out the phrase âÄúpotato,...