The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state.

Incompetence is a double-edged banana.

The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy.

Out of the ashes of the music business, comes the rebirth of the musician business.

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.

One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I'd probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles?