The 13 Most Bizarre Things From Edward Snowden's NBC News Interview
While watching Brian Williams' interview with Ed Snowden, I actually agreed with Glenn Greenwald about something. Back in 2012, Greenwald referred to Williams as "NBC News' top hagiographer," using...
View ArticleLoyalty and Responsibility
What would you think if the owner of a Ford dealership always purchased General Motors cars for his family to drive? Or, what would be your reaction if the owner of a McDonald's franchise always took...
View ArticleMemorial Day Reminder of the Foolishness of War: 150 Years Ago Was Another...
Memorial Day offers an annual remembrance of courage and sacrifice as well as the all-too-frequent foolish and counterproductive effusion of American blood. Most of the conflicts in which so many...
View ArticleCalifornia Primary: Devolution and the Republican Race to Lose to Jerry Brown
Just a few days remain till California's primary election. Will California Republicans, whose share of the state's electorate dropped more than seven percent over the past decade, veer even further to...
View ArticleFreedom Summer II
I spent several days in New York last week with students from around the country who were preparing to head into the heartland to help organize Walmart workers for better jobs and wages. (Full familial...
View ArticleThe Free Territory of Skype, Forbidden In Cuba
An article has been added to the saga against information technologies maintained by the official press. Last Thursday a report against phone fraud left many Juventude Rebelde (Rebel Youth) readers...
View ArticleParticle Physics for the Future in the U.S.
As a U.S. experimental particle physicist, I helped discover the Higgs boson with the CMS collaboration, and we still have much to learn about what we found as well as what else could be out there...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
LONDON -- This week began with the continuing fallout from the killing spree at UCSB. Richard Martinez, whose son was among the victims, blamed "craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA." Echoing...
View ArticleQatar Corruption Allegations: A Potential Massive Governance, Geo-political...
A disclosure by British weekly, The Sunday Times, of millions of documents allegedly revealing massive Qatari vote buying in the Gulf state's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup could rejigger...
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44 Republicans Voted Against Time Between Troop Deployment. Suicides...
Before reading, please be advised that this post contains some graphic footage of the Iraq War. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW If I had to experience the firefight below, I would hope that Congress...
View ArticleColorado's New Revenge Porn Statute Is Good Law and Sound Policy
On Thursday, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law a statute criminalizing "revenge porn." As professors with expertise in constitutional and criminal law, we commend the legislature and...
View ArticleThe Mind of the Mass Murderer
Mass murders are becoming a depressingly familiar routine in the United States -- we can now expect to experience a media grabbing shooting about once a month. And the frequency can only increase as...
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Leaker or Leader? Edward Snowden Claims Victory
In an interview last week with NBC's Brian Williams, NSA secret-leaker Edward Snowden set himself a low bar and claimed success: His leaks, he said, have gotten us talking about these important issues....
View ArticleA Camera in the Court
Quick -- what does Chief Justice John Roberts look like? Don't know? Don't worry, you're not alone. Two-thirds of Americans can't name a single Supreme Court justice, let alone pick one out of a crowd....
View ArticleDesperate Mitch McConnell Gets Slippery on Obamacare
As time wears on, the following prediction will seem less like science fiction and more like science fact: The Republicans will eventually try to take credit for the Affordable Care Act. The fact that...
View ArticleThe Confusing Case of Bowe Bergdahl
I am very confused by the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap deal just brokered by the White House. Let me see if I can get this straight with what I know: We send soldiers into battle (my oldest son served...
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Obama Poll Watch -- May 2014
Slow recovery continues President Obama's job approval ratings continued to improve, slowly, in the month of May. In five out of the last six months, in fact, Obama's numbers have gotten better. He is...
View ArticleThe Veterans Affairs Scandal and Plans for Downsizing the Social Security...
The media have been rightly focusing their attention on the long waiting lists for veterans seeking medical care, and even worse, the Department of Veteran's Affairs cover-up. Unlike President Obama's...
View ArticleThe Syrian 'Election' -- a Farce Hiding a Deeper Tragedy
In the aftermath of the European elections, concerns are being voiced over low turnout and popular disaffection with the EU. In the United States, the clock ticks toward the November mid-terms....
View ArticleThe Most Important Step Taken to Combat Climate Change in Our Country's History
Today's announcement by the Obama administration to reduce our nation's global warming pollution from power plants is the most important step taken to combat the climate crisis in our country's...
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