Rad Geek People's Daily 2010-01-29

Friday Lazy Linking (posted 29 January 2010, 3pm)

Here's a pretty old post from the blog archives of Geekery Today; it was written about 14 years ago, in 2010, on the World Wide Web.

Why Didn’t Nixon Think of This Argument During the Pentagon Papers Case? Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-01-22). An intriguing statement in today's New York Times: The majority [in Citizens United v. FEC] is deeply wrong on the law. Most wrongheaded of all is its insistence that corporations are just like people and entitled to the same First Amendment rights. It is an odd claim since companies are… (Linked Thursday 2010-01-28.)
(One of the many) Ebook Dilemmas. Kellan, Laughing Meme (2010-01-25). How do I support and reward the excellent curation of the local bookstore if I want the ebook version of something I find? – Kellan I am not a unsophisticated consumer of science fiction. And finding new material to feed the book addiction is something I spend a not inconsiderable… (Linked Thursday 2010-01-28.)