News is a vital nutrient of the body politic. Without accurate information, democratic societies cannot survive, let alone produce the “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” necessary for their survival.
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Any society will have its biases and seams between different segments. Authoritarian leaders in particular make extensive use of divisive rhetoric in order to promote internal conflict that renders a population more amenable to control.
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The COVID pandemic has become a favorite leverage point for Russian propaganda efforts against the United States. Russia’s strategic objectives require the United States to have a diminished role in world affairs.
Continue readingBy Sheldon Greaves The week before last I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Megan Prelinger, who with her partner Rick took their personal libraries that had grown too big to manage, and turned them into a DIY public library … Continue reading
With a little help from some free software, you can turn YouTube videos into audio files, to listen to later at your leisure.
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A look at some tools from the Intelligence Community for gathering and evaluating information.
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When some big event like the World Cup, Olympic Games, or the Superbowl is close at hand, the cyber criminals are more active. This also applies to holidays, especially the ones where you spend lots of money. “Cyber Monday”, the … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves For a long time we’ve heard about how newspapers are disappearing; even back in the Seventies I heard speculation that computers would give us all our news. The election of Donald Trump saw a surge in subscriptions … Continue reading