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Is the Privacy of the American Student at Risk?

School:  A place where children learn to read and write. A place where they learn mathematics, science and history. Moreover, a place, away from home, where children are supposed to be safe. Yet now it’s a place, across the country, where children’s hearts are being monitored, their activities are being tracked, and it’s being determined if students are obese or overweight. In addition, health risk assessments are being made on students and the information can be stored or saved as a PDF...

TECH PODCAST with Randolph May: Free Markets Should Rule Technology

In this week's Heartland Tech Podcast, Randolph J. May, president of The Free State Foundation, discusses his newly published collection of essays. He calls for free-market reforms of U.S. communications policy, what he dubs "A Call for Radical New Communications Policy."

SOPA Strike Erodes Congressional Support for Anti-Piracy Bills

The January 18 blackout of Wikipedia, Reddit, and other Web sites in protest of the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, prompted several legislators to withdraw their support for the bills. Because of the dwindling support of officeholders and immense public opposition, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) declared the Senate would not conduct a procedural vote scheduled for January. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and John Cornyn (R-TX) announced...

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