America’s High Frontier
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in a speech before Congress announced the goal of sending an American to the moon and back […]
Technology
The Continued Resilience of Quiet America
Fifty years ago, the United States was facing crises and unrest on multiple fronts. Some predicted that internal chaos and revolution would unravel the nation. […]
Would New York Really Benefit from Amazon?
Quite a few “I-told-you-so” articles have appeared in the conservative and business press piling on Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who opposed Amazon’s planned relocation of […]
Gutenberg’s Press
Before Johann Gutenberg’s press, most medieval Europeans depended on oral communication to spread just about any message. Perhaps only 30 percent of Europeans were even […]
Good Riddance to Amazon
In looking through my Facebook feed one morning last weekend I found: A post from a young conservative about how @Jack permanently banned his organization’s […]
Is It Time to Ban Kids from Smartphones and Social Media?
What would you say about a widely available consumer product that is highly addictive, facilitates and perhaps causes deeply anti-social behavior, leads to loneliness and […]
Department of Commerce Pushes Online Open Borders
With all the talk of data and privacy, of Chinese and Russian hackers and election meddling and intellectual theft, cybersecurity should be—indeed, must be—an absolute […]
America as O-Ring
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. All seven astronauts were killed. Eyewitness Frank Mottek described the scene: Just then we both stood […]
Chinese Biotech Threatens America
Modern medical science is simply extraordinary. The advent of biotechnology has allowed for truly innovative research, discovering cures for some of the most complex and […]
Habitué Habits of a Recovering Facebook Addict
The world is quiet here. For the last four of five months, I’ve taken a break from Facebook. It was a self-imposed hiatus, and I […]
The Eagle and the Dragonfly: How Google Threatens Freedom
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s recent congressional testimony capped a deservedly rough year for the embattled search giant. While Pichai largely avoided any major missteps in […]
Break Up Google for the Public Good
It’s time for all of us to admit that Alphabet, Inc. is the 21st century equivalent of Ma Bell: it is an almost all-controlling monopoly […]
Free the Kidnapped Canadians in Communist China
Last week, we discussed the national security threat to the United States and her siblings in the family of free nations that is posed by […]
Communist China’s Huawei: ‘Déjà Vu All Over Again’
Back in the fall of 2007, I went on the U.S. House floor and locked horns with Communist China’s Huawei technology company and its American […]
Stop Pretending Big Tech Companies Are Neutral Platforms
Our friends at Twitter have finally crossed the Rubicon. For years social media executives have been telling the public that their platforms are neutral. They […]
No Aid for Censors: The Case for Quitting Twitter
Last night I suspended Twitter indefinitely. This had been building for some time for two primary reasons. First, Twitter, like Facebook (which I had given […]
How to Think about Property Rights and Social Networks
Is it true that Twitter, Facebook, and Google are private companies, which can cancel, delete, or ban anyone they want at any time? Short answer: […]
Conservatives, Don’t Quit Twitter
If you are someone on the political Right who might quit Twitter because it just banned Jesse Kelly, here’s my plea: Don’t. After the shocking […]
Amazon’s HQ2 Boondoggle Shows Trump’s Impact on the Right
There are strange political alignments on the $3 billion dollar deal that New York State and City just inked to win half the Amazon “HQ2” […]
Americans Need Protection from Chinese Hackers
Earlier this fall, the United States issued reports and warnings that hackers with backing from the Chinese government and military pose serious cyber-threats to U.S.-based […]