Roger Cheng/CNET I’m extremely partial to hugging. However, I find it strange when people choose to hug trees rather than people. Not only is it odd to think the tree will be grateful but then there are the splinters in the face as well. I haven’t ever, though, seen anyone try to hug a wall. …

The alleged wiretapper CBS Boston screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET We’re all hypocrites at heart. It’s how we manage it that gets us through the day. Take those who are charged with surveilling others. They don’t always warm to being surveilled themselves. Indeed, one police officer in Fall River, Mass., was allegedly miffed when a bystander, George Thompson, filmed him as …