Europe’s Rule-of-Law Crisis by Guy Verhofstadt|Project Syndicate
Hungarians and Poles must be reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin is actively attempting to divide and weaken the EU and NATO. If Europe is to face down aggression from…
The Elusive Science of Addiction by Markus Heilig |Project Syndicate
Many addicts report that taking drugs provides a feeling like being hugged, a feeling they are unlikely to find elsewhere. It is time that we acknowledge that, for many patients,…
Gone In Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for Cloud Services
TL;DR: short URLs produced by bit.ly, goo.gl, and similar services are so short that they can be scanned by brute force. Our scan discovered a large number of Microsoft OneDrive…
The Islamic State of Molenbeek|NYT
Roger Cohen in the NYT: A district of Brussels had in effect seceded from Belgium. Europe must fight an ideological battle against Wahhabi Islam. …There is a vacuum. Vacuums are…
Why Do Older People Love Facebook? Let’s Ask My Dad
Tallies with my experience – except for the paternalistic approach, assuming that everybody above 60 is a complete technological idiot. Forgetting conveniently that it’s the boomers who invented modern computing…
The Islamic State of Molenbeek|The New York Times
A district of Brussels had in effect seceded from Belgium. Europe must fight an ideological battle against Wahhabi Islam. Source: The Islamic State of Molenbeek – The New York Times
The New Europeans|The New York Times
We are not really talking just about a group of people who need shelter from a war. These people are, more likely than not, here to stay permanently, as homesickness…
Fotograf w niezwykły sposób rekonstruuje sceny z życia krakowskich Żydów|Gazeta Wyborcza
Richard Tuschman to fotograf, którego prace przypominają arcydzieła mistrzów malarstwa. Osobom oglądającym jego fotografie od razu do głowy przychodzą obrazy Rembrandta i Vermeera. To zasług specyficznego, bardzo dopracowanego oświetlenia i…
Research points at link between jet fuel and hearing problems
Those who work around jet fuel-or other hydrocarbon fuels—may be at higher risk for problems with how the brain interprets incoming sound, suggests research at the Loma Linda VA.