China makes a show of opening up the internet for the Olympics

The "great firewall" will come down — for visitors.

‘Snow guns’ for spouting fake snow at Beijing Winter Olympics raise environmental concerns

By Matthew Walsh Bright yellow turbines line the slopes of the Beijing Winter Olympics, spraying out the artificial snow needed for the Games to take place. Man-made snow has been used to vary…

Ineffectual Boycotts: The Beijing Winter Olympics

Making moral statements in the blood and gristle of international relations can often come across as feeble. In doing so, the maker serves the worst of

These countries have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing Olympics

Australia, Canada and others have joined the U.S. in announcing they will not send diplomatic delegations to the Winter Games.

Olympolitik: Fake Peng Shuai Scandal Fuels US Effort to Boycott Beijing Olympics

The Peng scandal comes amid a flurry of anti-China propaganda that has directly targeted the Winter Olympics., Beijing Olympics, boycott, China, Peng Shuai, United States,

The LA Olympics Are Being Planned Behind Closed Doors

The city council is making arrangements for the 2028 games without public transparency or accountability.

Boxing bouts at Rio 2016 Olympics were fixed, independent investigation says | CBC Sports

Boxing bouts for medals at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by "complicit and compliant" referees and judges, an investigation reported on Thursday.

Cultivated Delusions at the Tokyo Olympics

Australia’s Channel 7 team was all about ignoring history as its selected commentators went into describing, poorly, the closing ceremony of the Tokyo

Despite the Ban, Protest Emerges at the Olympics

The IOC’s efforts to quell visible dissent failed. 

IBM and the Bomb: Series Index (on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombs Being Dropped on Civilians)

Today seems an apt time to remind readers that IBM participated in the creation of the only bombs ever to be dropped in a war (not tests) and this tradition carries on because IBM is still profiting from it, to this very day (countless billions...

Tokyo Olympics sparks anti-LGBT slurs on Russian TV

Gay and transgender athletes in Tokyo have been singled out for abuse on Russian state television.

Copyright Ruins Everything Again: How Dare A Sports Writer Get People Excited About The Olympics!

Every few years, the Olympics comes along to remind us not so much about the power of personal triumphs in sports, but the vast overreach of copyright laws to control absolutely everything for no damn reason at all. Over the weekend, a pretty...

Olympic Pseudoscience – Tokyo Edition | Science-Based Medicine

The Olympic Games are a well-established international tradition, and every four years I, like many others, enjoy watching many of the competitions. What is also becoming a (much less well-known) trad