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I'm a big fan of Ken White (Popehat), his twitter feed is snarky and informative. He has a new podcast on first amendment issues that is really well done. http

I'm a big fan of Ken White (Popehat), his twitter feed is snarky and informative. He has a new podcast on first amendment issues that is really well done. https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/make-no-law/ https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/make-no-law/

mhneu 9y ago
I like him too. Just be cautious - he's a contributing editor at Reason, which is heavily funded by the Koches and tends to follow their agenda. I wish we had decent smart right-wing voices that weren't co-opted by money from billionaires, but they're pretty few and far between. Ken White is close to that but the Reason and Fox connections taint him a bit. Edit: after looking into it he's only got three articles at Reason and it looks like 'contributing editor' is an overblown title. Phew. I want to like him and think he's fair.
- Fins 9y ago
  Out of curiosity, what exactly is wrong with Kochs' "agenda"? And where does Reason follow it blindly?
  - mcguire 9y ago
    The Tea Party Kochs, or the anti-over-criminalization Kochs? The anti-climate-legislation Kochs or the NOVA Kochs?
- tptacek 9y ago
  I'm a conventional statist liberal, find a lot of libertarian thought amoral, and don't like Reason at all. Your comment is dumb, and didn't add anything to the discussion. As Dan is constantly telling people here: please don't pull conversations into ideological tangents.
Tomte 9y ago
He writes a lot of good stuff, but I've gotten a bit wary of him, since he is still plugging his friend Randazza whenever he can. Re Randazza: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/how-copyright-lawyer-marc-randazza-got-famous-lost-friends-and-went-broke/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/how-copyright-la...