Eavesdropping, censorship, recording, and surveillance are weapons of power. The technology of listening in on, ordering, transmitting, and […]

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 […]