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Family Research Council uses adoption-technology story to attack Planned Parenthood

By | 08.23.11 | 9:08 am | More from The Iowa Independent

A Monday blog entry posted by Family Research Council Action references a media account of how adoption is changing due to technology, but FRCA omits the portion about technology and instead attempts to make the leap that a lack of birth mothers is due to abortion services, and specifically due More…

Looking for a Way Forward on Visa Reform

By | 10.21.10 | 8:59 am

The visa system has one fatal flaw, according to tech industry leaders: It provides too many visas for family reunification and not enough for highly educated workers to enter the country to work and innovate. Although most agree the visa system needs an overhaul to allow skilled workers into the More…

Cell Phone Provider Offers Extra Service to Gullible Taliban

By | 03.24.09 | 10:44 am

Via Danger Room, it appears the Pakistani mobile-phone service provider Mobilink is expanding its coverage to South Waziristan, and extending a special offer to the Taliban:

Use of electronic telecommunication equipment by the Taliban has helped security agencies nab wanted men in the past, sources said, adding that

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Epic RNC Fail

By | 01.07.09 | 2:32 pm

Less than 48 hours after a Republican National Committee chairman candidates’ debate, during which contenders sang the praises of high tech and Twitter, the RNC held a meeting that was closed to non-members and electronic media.

GOP tech guru Patrick Ruffini tried to enter right after giving a More…

Sustainable Aviation?

By | 09.26.08 | 12:36 pm

At the beginning of this year, we reported on Air France’s plan to go green. Now the airline is joining forces with nine other industry leaders and environmental groups to reduce the industry’s dependency on fossil fuels.