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 […]
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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! […]
The Creepy and Creeping Power of Social Media
With the recent revelations that “Google allowed “Nazism” to be associated with the California Republican Party in searches, to YouTube removing purely mechanical gun content, […]
Google’s New Slogan
The original slogan of Google was “Don’t be evil.” When Google changed its corporate name to Alphabet in 2015, it changed the slogan to “Do […]
Trump’s Twitter Blocking Court ‘Loss’
One theme dominates the entirety of Trump’s persona, namely, he is “antifragile.” Much of what would rattle or weaken an ordinary politician makes him stronger. […]
Criminal Lobby is Rolling in Cash—Thank Soros
President Trump last week met with California public officials who oppose the state’s sanctuary law which, as the president said, “provides safe harbor to some […]
Congress Is Starting to Take on Big Tech
After over a year of denial, and donor-induced apathy in the face of the Snowflake Barons of Silicon Valley, a change is finally in the […]
China’s Dream of Global Economic Dominance
With the implementation of President Trump’s tariffs last month, China is all the talk in the world of trade. The tariffs in question place $50 […]
Earth Day: More About Hurling Tomatoes Than Planting Them
Earth Day has changed a lot since its inception in 1970, and not for the better. In the spirit of the time, it started as […]