Top Diggs: the evolution of Star Trek, why churches should be made to pay taxes

The most popular news, videos and images as picked by Digg users during the last seven days, recorded on September 13.

1. ACLU: You Have EVERY RIGHT to Photograph that Cop
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voiced its support of people using a mobile phone to film or photograph the police whilst they are acting in plain sight in a public space and set up a website that details photographers’ rights.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/aclu-you-have-every-right-photograph-cop

2. The Evolution of 'Star Trek'
An infographic that tracks the evolution of science fiction TV series Star Trek from the 1956 Star Trek precursor Forbidden Planet through to JJ Abrams’s re-imagined Star Trek films in 2009 and 2012/13.
http://www.space.com/12858-star-trek-timeline-science-fiction-infographic.html

3. Real Shared Sacrifice: It’s Time For Churches To Pay Taxes
An article that comments that the religious community "is paying nothing and it is time they start contributing to their community, state, and Federal governments for the resources they consume and damage they have wrought on this country."
http://www.politicususa.com/en/churches-taxes

4. Steve Jobs' 'curious' lack of public philanthropy

An opinion piece in The Week that notes it is curious that Steve Jobs has not (publicly) given away more money when his contemporaries (Bill Gates and Warren Buffett) have not only given away a great deal of their wealth, they have set up a “Giving Pledge” that encourages the super-rich to donate at least half of their wealth.
http://theweek.com/article/index/218924/steve-jobs-curious-lack-of-public-philanthropy

5. Which One is the Real Entitlement?

A cartoon that juxtaposes a man living off his social security benefits and a congressman living off his benefits while calling the other man a freeloader.
http://digg.com/news/politics/which_one_is_the_real_entitlement_2

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