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 […]
Technology
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 […]
The Snowflake Barons Are Security Risks
If it is true that “the bigger they are, the harder they fall,” then the present trajectory of America’s Internet giants may knock the earth […]
How Big Tech Will Swing the Midterms, Then Take Over the World
Facebook is a menace to grassroots political organizing—and to free and fair elections generally. The social media giant this week announced it would ban “misinformation” […]
California’s Socialist Oligarchy: Making the State Unaffordable
If you don’t think the Democrats have a platform or that their entire message accurately reduced to one vacuous word, “resist,” come to California. align=”right” […]
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Make Goods Cheaper
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC last week that President Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t hurt American consumers, noting that because the price increase would be […]
How the GOP Could Be the Party of Responsible Tech
The veil separating Google’s inner workings from the outside world recently slipped again with revelations that the company discussed “tweaking” its search engine to help […]
Are We All Prisoners of Facebook?
Some people run afoul of Facebook’s rules and find themselves locked out of their accounts for a few hours or a few weeks. They call […]
Fahrenheit 111000011
The digital world, like the modern world generally, is ephemeral. Entire universes appear and disappear in the space of days or weeks. In the mid-2000s, […]
How Facebook Policy Hinders Political Speech
Like many who use social media and have concerns about privacy, data breaches, and viewpoint discrimination, I closely followed the testimony of Facebook Chief Operating […]
Forget 1984, It’s 2018
In the last week, Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton, former State Department employee and author Peter Van Buren, and Dan McAdams, the executive director of […]
The Day of the Slap Drones
Some of them, the big ones, will intrude the old fashioned way, beating down the door. Maybe others will look like insects, crawling innocuously across […]
The Coordinated Purge of Right-Wing Sites Has Begun
It’s no secret that the major social media sites and tech giants, almost entirely controlled by the Left, are silencing right-wing voices in the wake […]
Why Artificial Intelligence Will End the Need for Immigration
When you think of a “developing country,” what type of nation comes to mind? Any number of Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, or Southeast Asian […]
What Are Your Child’s Passions?
If you ask most young people today if they have any hobbies, you will receive one of four answers: 1. “No.” 2. “What do you […]
The Lies at the Heart of the Mueller Indictments
So far, the reporting on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s July 13 indictments of 12 Russians mostly can be divided into two categories. First, we have […]
Julian Assange, CrowdStrike, and the Russian Hack That Wasn’t
Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election is predicated on Russian intelligence having hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computers. Russia’s guilt is such an […]
Questions Linger in the House IT Scandal
There’s stench rising from the House side of the Capitol this week, and no, it’s not just the usual smell of D.C. in the oppressive […]
Remittances: Illegal Immigration’s $30 Billion ‘Hidden Tax’
Paris. The year is 1788. The air is heavy with the scent of impending revolution. Some praise the king in hushed whispers, others shout “Liberté! […]