Agreed. I can’t wait for io9 to start going back to the science and wonder that drew me here. I can’t wait for paleofuture to dig up the old grandious ideas and snark on them. I can’t wait for gizmodo to go back to the technology, innovation, and gadgets that made it fun. I can’t wait to ....

One need not be a fan of someone to recognize and respect their skill, their passion, their intelligence.

Sadly, looking at the comments on various articles about Scalia today, what I see is primarily a hot mess of seething hatred, bitter, mindless vitriol, and total ignorance about who and what Scalia really was.

For all that Antonin Scalia’s political beliefs were different from mine, he was an intelligent jurist. Scalia penned opinions making it harder to impose the death penalty (Apprendi and Ring) and limiting police officers’ ability to use IR scanning technology to search inside homes (Kyllo). He protected the First…

Aren’t they...groups of people? Why should a bunch of people have less rights than one person?

Corporations are people as much as governments are.

Did Gawker sell you or something? You guys aren’t allowed to say nice things about conservatives, let alone Scalia!