Ivan Glinski

The encrypted online currency known as bitcoin made another step into the mainstream recently when the Vancouver-based company Bitcoiniacs installed the world’s first bitcoin ATM. The ATM takes cash and converts it into its current value in bitcoin,…

After an election season that will go down in the history books for being one of the dirtiest in recent memory, the day has arrived when we must vote for the lesser of two evils. Numerous news sources have announced that both Terry McAuliffe and Ken…

Facebook announced this week that it would lift a ban on certain graphic content that had been in place since May. The ban had been instituted when complaints came streaming in over videos depicting violent content, including two beheadings, which…

On Oct. 10, the ACLU argued a case in the Michigan Supreme Court supporting the use of medical marijuana for state residents. However, because of a precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court, it is likely the federal ban on medical marijuana will…

When Silk Road, the encrypted online marketplace, was shut down by the FBI on Wednesday, October 2, the drug trafficking underworld erupted into chaos. One user posted, “I shoulda stocked up on LSD and DMT.” Another began manufacturing commemorative…

A recently published book, The Circle by Dave Eggers, which is excerpted in the New York Times, depicts a dystopian future in which “everything must be known.” Individuals are governed by a society that expects them to make every single part of…

Has the War on Drugs been slowing down since the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State last year? Are we witnessing the turning point of a 40year war on plants? Certainly some like to think so. However, if it’s a slippery slope,…

Wednesday's ad-hoc meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was three and a half hours long, so long that some had to resort to Internet poker in order get by. Not to worry, this summary should give a run down for members who could not be…

While the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a powerful tool that is used to make government accountable by requiring the release of records, last week, in a display of the Foucauldian paradoxical nature of power, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled…

It's almost certain we are standing on the cliff of another military engagement. Speeches have been made, advisers consulted, and the jets have been scrambled. But apparently, it's an obscene or even provocative question to ask: is the president…

The biggest surprises in politics usually don't come from finding out something that we did not know earlier— they come from finding out something we already suspected to be true, but didn't want to admit. That is the effect that the NSA leaks are…

The War on Drugs is failing. Everyone knows that. Just yesterday, Rasmussen reported that only 4% of Americans believe that the drug war is being won by the government, almost within the margin-of-error of 3.1%. Even famously unapologetic U.S.…

The claim of a war on religion has been commonplace ever since Socrates proclaimed the supremacy of logic and reasoning over the blind faith of the ancient Athenians. Many feared that the gods would destroy the city for his irreverence, and if not…