Polls show the No vote at 55%. “If the ‘No’ wins, there will be not only a European crisis … but also an enormous political upheaval in France,” said Christophe Barbier, deputy editor of L’Express magazine. The Netherlands votes in…

I’m back in L.A. after 4 days in Montreal on business. When returning to the States from Montreal, you clear U.S. Customs in the Montreal Airport which is both handy and a bit weird, going through U.S. Customs while on…

From Schneier on Security An appeals court in Minnesota has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.I am speechless.

Three people were injured and at least eight arrested Wednesday in Garden Grove after a motorist drove into a crowd of 300 demonstrators protesting a speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project, authorities said. The motorist had attended Gilchrist’s…

In coordinated broadsides from London and Washington, Amnesty International accused the Bush administration on Wednesday of condoning “atrocious” human rights violations, thereby diminishing its moral authority and setting a global example encouraging abuse by other nations. FBI memo reports Guantanamo…

From Kevin McKeown, Santa Monica City Council member and now-former Green Party member. As the only elected governmental official on the Green Party of California state Coordinating Committee, I have for some time been uncomfortable with the GPCA’s ongoing inability…