Adam Cohen

The worst excesses of the dot-com era are gone. ”

For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable - it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses. ”

Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip. ”

One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees. ”

Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture. ”

The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs. ”

Serving up ads based on behavioral targeting can itself be an invasion of privacy, especially when the information used is personal. ”