Month: July 2013

Facebook Terrorism and the Growing Public Space

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 61 Comments

Nineteen-year-old Justin Carter is in prison with a $500,000 bail awaiting trial for a third-degree felony charge of terroristic threats. For a facebook status update. Following a particularly heated session of online gaming, the young Carter thought it a good idea to post the following comment to his wall: “I think Ima shoot up a […]

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Monsanto Corporate Officer Wins “World Food Prize”

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 24 Comments

Monsanto chief technology officer Robert Fraley was awarded the World Food Prize (the agrarian equivalent of a Nobel Prize) for his technological contributions to food. In other words, for his work developing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). He won this prize because many people (including the illustrious Bill Gates) think that GMOs will end the world hunger […]

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