Eavesdropping, censorship, recording, and surveillance are weapons of power. The technology of listening in on, ordering, transmitting, and […]
Category Archive: politics
As the late, great Larry Goodwyn might say, it all goes back to Populism. The roots of today’s […]
The United States government might be about to default on its debt, but nobody’s perfect. Sure, this could […]
It’s a bit off-season to be discussing the electoral college, but last fall I made some notes on […]
On August 23 the Wall Street Journal reported that National Security Agency (NSA) analysts abused their extraordinary power to […]
“All that is very well,” replied Candide, “but let us cultivate our garden.” — François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), Candide: […]
As an undergraduate student in Professor Michael Holt’s “Coming of the Civil War” class at the University of […]
When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced his plans to purchase the venerable Washington Post last week, the American […]