Copyright 2013 Daniel Freedman Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:03 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Daniel Freedman :: Writings http://www.dfreedman.org dfreedman1@gmail.com (Daniel Freedman) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.dfreedman.org/13285/what-north-korea-could-learn-from-myanmar Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:00 EST What North Korea could learn from Myanmar By John Kim and Daniel Freedman , Special to CNN updated 9:09 AM EDT, Tue May 14, 2013 CNN.com Editor's note: John Kim is a board member of Choson Exchange, a nonprofit organization that trains North Koreans in... http://www.dfreedman.org/12953/push-now-for-peace-in-the-middle-east Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST John Kerry's declaration that he intends to renew the push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians received a predictable roll of the eyes from diplomats around the world. Many talented secretary of state predecessors failed at this mission. Nor... http://www.dfreedman.org/11861/ailing-athens Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST Athens — "I'm very sorry sir, but I can confirm that your hotel in Athens no longer exists." We were due to fly to Athens in a few hours, and the manager of our hotel on the Greek island of Santorini was apologetic. "It's not uncommon these days," he... http://www.dfreedman.org/11456/in-a-state-over-israel Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST Bookstore shoppers who spy "The Crisis of Zionism" on a shelf could be excused for assuming that the book is an up-to-the-minute work about Zionism's biggest crisis: the one brewing in Iranian uranium-enrichment facilities. But Peter Beinart is more... http://www.dfreedman.org/11213/the-obama-deal-harvard-for-6700-a-year Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST President Obama was too soft in the declaration of war (and peace treaty terms) he issued to university administrators over the spiraling cost of college education. Rather than simply demanding that tuition stops rising, he should have challenged... http://www.dfreedman.org/11139/what-if-hugh-hefner-were-mitt-romney-great Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST If Mitt Romney's great-grandfather were Hugh Hefner, rather than Miles Park Romney, he'd have an easier time winning the Republican nomination and the White House. That's something for voters to ponder, especially given the marital history of Romney's... http://www.dfreedman.org/11065/if-assad-survives-peace-with-israel Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST The outcome of the uprising in Syria has the potential to revolutionize Israel's relations with her neighbors and turn the Middle East upside down for the better – if the current Syrian leader, Bashar Assad, survives. It would, however, require the type... http://www.dfreedman.org/11001/us-to-twitter-stop-sleeping-with-the-enemy Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST The love affair between Twitter and the U.S. government is in danger of crashing as spectacularly as a celebrity relationship: with tears, disavowals, a chorus of "I told you so"s, and, of course, lawsuits. Like the Demi Moore - Ashton Kutcher (both... http://www.dfreedman.org/10896/cain-9-9-9-man-plotting-hermanator-ii Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Rich Lowrie – the economic adviser behind Herman Cain's now famous 9-9-9 tax plan – says Mr. Cain wasn't really forced out of the race by allegations of sexual misconduct, but rather by his campaign's failure to effectively court a key group of... http://www.dfreedman.org/10828/the-best-airport-experience-in-the-world Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Singapore – The rooftop hot tub, movie theater, and tropical butterfly garden, inspired the Wall Street Journal to recently proclaim Singapore's Changi International Airport possibly the "world's best airport." They're right that those features are... http://www.dfreedman.org/10751/the-devil-we-know-why-assad-will-survive Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Somewhere, probably in hell, Hafez al-Assad is biting his fingernails, hoping that his son, Bashar, remembers his history lessons. Because this is not the first time that an Assad ruling Syria has faced mounting opposition protests, deadly attacks on... http://www.dfreedman.org/10628/what-will-burn-and-explode-on-november-5 Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST "Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot." – Victorian-era Rhyme. Police aren't yet advising people to stay away from symbols of power and corporations this... http://www.dfreedman.org/10581/protesting-not-just-tailgating-for-hippies Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST For all the technological progress made during the last century, protesting today still involves doing exactly what people did a hundred years ago: marching, chanting, and waving (mainly) handmade signs. Some take the solidarity with their forefathers... http://www.dfreedman.org/10502/al-qaeda-dumbest-terrorists-part-ii-the-human Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST U.S. interrogators turned an al Qaeda terrorist into a human polygraph machine while investigating the bombing of the USS Cole – an attack whose eleventh anniversary is today. What has since happened to that operative helps explain why we're still... http://www.dfreedman.org/10420/al-qaeda-dumbest-terrorists Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST One of the least publicized things about al Qaeda is that for every cunning terrorist mastermind, there are other members who would merit coverage on a show similar to "America's dumbest criminals." I present some of my favorite, "dumbest terrorists":...