You too can investigate the Pentagon's pundit program
Plus: An IM chat between Obama and Clinton advisors.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.05.07
How the White House lost 5 million e-mails
Officials dropped the Clinton administration's automatic archiving system in favor of a fully manual plan.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.30
Prepare for the assault on "Grand Theft Auto IV"
Will Hillary Clinton use the much-anticipated release to win over the concerned parents demo?
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.24
Antiwar site lets you spend $3 trillion your way
A clever way to illustrate the opportunity cost of the war.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.18
In every measure, Obama clobbers Clinton online
Web traffic-monitoring firm Compete runs down the ways Obama trumped Clinton on the Internet in March.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.11
No, that photo doesn't show a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses
It looked fishy at first, but Cheney is just holding his rod.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.11
LegiStorm tracks political aides' finances -- invades privacy, too?
The site says it has a First Amendment right to publish public data.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.04.09
For news on Tibet, turn to Boing Boing
Internet news at its best.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.24
Poetry, psychology, and the Barack Obama Muslim e-mail
Also: Why "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" worked.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.17
The new normal: China blocks YouTube over Tibet
Cutting off the Internet has become now every authoritarian government's first response to internal strife.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.17
Weekly Column
How photos support your own "reality"
Why do 9/11 deniers see an alternative story in pictures of the attacks? Because we all interpret images according to our biases.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.17
For Ashley Alexandra Dupre, selling music beats selling sex
In the last two days, Eliot Spitzer's escort may have made more than $1,000 an hour, and she didn't even have to take her clothes off.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.14
A look at Spitzer's Emperors Club Web site
"Our goal is to make life more peaceful, balanced, beautiful and meaningful."
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.11
Are mass e-mail political campaigns worthless?
Clay Shirky and Danny O'Brien discuss e-mail's power in politics.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.11
Weekly Column
Does "Obama Girl" help Obama?
Author Clay Shirky explains how the Internet's capacity to create ad hoc groups has altered the media, business and politics -- especially the 2008 campaign.
2008.03.07
Winner of 2008 election accidentally leaked
"Hillary Clinton isn't about to give up just because she lost the election."
Farhad Manjoo 2008.02.26
Lessig decides not to run for Congress
The tech-policy activist says he's sure he'd lose.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.02.25
Bush-friendly station blocks "60 Minutes" Rove report
Was it just a technical snafu?
Farhad Manjoo 2008.02.25
Lessig, a copyfighter for Congress?
The brilliant copyright critic and Stanford law professor says he's considering running for Tom Lantos' seat.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.02.20
NYC voting snafu may work in Obama's favor
In many city election districts, unofficial results showed Obama winning no votes at all. A review has turned up a better margin.
Farhad Manjoo 2008.02.16
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Farhad Manjoo is a Salon staff writer covering technology and tech culture. He lives in San Francisco.

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Farhad’s new book, “True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society,” examines propaganda on the Web, cable news and talk radio.

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