Facebook Taps Ex-Bush Regulator For Privacy Defense

It is far from comforting that the folks over in the NoCal office of social networking giant Facebook have tapped a former member of baby Bush administration to defend its privacy practices. According to the Financial Times, former Republican Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Tim Muris, now an attorney at O’Melveny & Myers, was hired to review [...]

Iowa Next For Medical Marijuana?

An editorial in Iowa’s Quad City Times documented that Iowa Pharmacy Board voted unanimously that marijuana has medicinal properties and would benefit Iowans the way it does in the 14 states where medical marijuana is legal. The vote came after four public forums, which were precipitated by an American Civil Liberties lawsuit that urged public [...]