Basketball, violence shouldn't be compared

In yesterday's paper, sports editor Justin St. Germain compared Andre Iguodala's shot selection to a Palestinian throwing bricks. How dare he compare a mere basketball game to a struggle for human survival? His political stands on this matter are irrelevant, for it is outrageous to compare such distant and remotely unrelated events. A Palestinian teenager is throwing "bricks" at an opposing army's tanks and military. I highly doubt he takes pleasure in such an action, but it is his only weapon in that war. He is certainly not trying out for the NBA or anything close to that. [Read article]

After pleas from numerous families who have lost loved ones on antidepressants to suicide, the Food and Drug Administration agreed last week to require a warning label for all antidepressants. The warning expresses the possible increase of depression and suicidal tendencies within the first weeks of treatment with any new medication. However, there is no definite evidence of a relationship between the antidepressants these people were taking and the fact that they committed suicide. [Read article]

Last week in New York, a meeting on governance and regulation of the Internet took place at the United Nations among diplomats, computer industry representatives and U.N. officials. And, in typical U.N. fashion, there were aspects of the meeting that resembled a group of kindergarteners rushing with raptor-like vigor for a chance to play with one of their classmate's new toys.

In the case of this meeting, the nations of the world were making it clear they wanted more of a say in how the Internet is regulated. Apparently, there is widely held disdain for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the power it holds. The nonprofit organization is charged with distributing Web addresses and setting the minimum standards for registering for a site; perhaps its most undesirable characteristic is that it's located in the United States. [Read article]