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View More NewsThe bipartisan push to restrict internet freedom is gaining momentum. On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on five bills related to online safety and AI, including the Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act and Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which free speech advocates have warned would threaten online privacy and freedom. The SCREEN Act, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah), would require pornography websites to block minors using age verification. The bill states that “shielding minors from access to online pornographic content is a compelling government interest” and its proposed measures…
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A review of Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling by Frank Miller; 224 pages; Canongate (July 2026)Even outside of comic book circles, Frank Miller is known as a gifted artist and writer who made comics grown up and gritty. From his damaged version of Bruce Wayne to Marv in Sin City (whom Miller pithily describes as “Conan the Barbarian in a trenchcoat”), Miller has created stories that resemble a strikingly original blend of film noir and dark Wagnerian opera. But the Miller who emerges from this memoir—part autobiography, part primer for aspiring graphic novelists—is…
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