Author Archives: admin

I keep hearing about the liberal bias in education. The folks who comment in this way tend to be making the case that this is a bad thing. I certainly have a liberal orientation and I certainly spent my career … Continue reading →

The Strzok hearing has provided some great political theater. Strzok and I obviously share some similar opinions of the values and behavior of Mr. Trump. Trump’s public behavior warrants some scrutiny and it just seems individuals come to different conclusions … Continue reading →

David Warlich is a tech writer of my generation who still pops up on my radar from time to time. In a rare blog post, he describes sneaking into ISTE for a brief time so he could see some old … Continue reading →

I don’t really care. Do you? How should this be interpreted? It is hard to know what goes on in someone else’s head. I have the same reaction to Melania’s comments about bullying and #bebest. There is some kind of … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago I wrote a post in reaction to the combination of the AT&T/Time Warner merger and the end of net neutrality. The core idea was that both events represented failures of government oversight and the combination … Continue reading →

I must admit that although I follow most topics related to online activity closely, the following story was new to me. How do you combat foreign online influence in a country that values an open Internet? Clint Watts (author of … Continue reading →

Tom Friedman is one of those writers I follow consistently. I have read all of his books and specific opinion pieces in the NYTimes when a title seems related to my interests. With a few exceptions (his position that government … Continue reading →

  Finding content for my posts can be a challenge. Sometimes I find a news item I want to write about. Sometimes I want to describe a book I have read. Often, something happens to me and I feel I must share. … Continue reading →

I understand the investment that so many have made in Facebook and the connections for them that exist on this platform. Despite what they know about the personal data and the data of their friends they are giving to Facebook … Continue reading →

I read a lot of things others might find unusual and obscure. A recent book that probably fits this description would be the Red Web. This book was written by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogran – Russian authors that write … Continue reading →