You don't need to read him or watch him, but you should create a link to this article, in which he fusses about whether Buster the Bunny and our children should know that two-mom, no-dad households exist in the world. His syndicate is trying to intimidate the News Hounds site ("we watch FOX so you don't have to") into removing their link to the column, claiming that the link is a copyright violation. Of course hyperlinking isn't a copyright violation, but many have found that fighting for their rights on intellectual property issues is an overly expensive alternative to backing down, and they need more people standing up with them. Permission from the owner of a link destination should never play a role in your ability to create the link. More at Stay Free.
Bob DuCharme (http://www.snee.com/bob) writes the Transforming XML column for XML.com. He's written four books and dozens of on-line and print articles about information technology without using the word "functionality" in any of them. Bob's weblog is dedicated to linking-related topics.
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