The National Security Agency (NSA) has opted to award a secret contract valued at $10 billion to Amazon Web Services. The often subsidized and federally contracted private company will aid the NSA in their pursuit of a Hybrid Compute Initiative. The details of the contract, code-named “WildandStormy,” remain a mystery, though experts believe the NSA …
Our riveting tale of scientific excess begins harmlessly enough in September of 2011, when Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands blew away the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza conference with a shocking breakthrough: the researcher created a mutant version of the H5N1 Avian Flu virus that could be transmitted through air …
With so much focus on supporters of candidates and causes, those writing the story of American politics, there is very little said of those who refuse to even pick up a pen. With the loosening of restrictions on mail-in ballots, America was finally able to crack 60 percent (up from 54 in 2016) of voting …
Americans must be at their most cautious when presented with characters or groups presented as problematic. When we look through the cases that define the limits on our rights, the presence of an undesirable, fringe group is a near-guarantee. The desire to limit one’s owns expression of a right is rare, but the goal of …
El Salvador, which translates to “The Savior,” made headlines last week by becoming the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Heavily reliant on remittances, or money transferred to a country from abroad, El Salvador benefits from having a quick and cheap way to send money across borders. For dollar transfers, most American banks …
Following up on last week’s “boogyman” inspired A history of hate speech, we encounter a current example of centralization of government via fearmongering. Harmless enough in name. the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act allows the federal government to hijack any race related case they choose(7,8). In addition to having first dibs on cases – because you …
In the years since Andrew Breitbart declared “politics is downstream from culture,” something unexpected occurred to a large swath of America’s population: they have been banished from culture. Positive opinions on government health care, increased immigration, increased NATO involvement, public schooling, implicit racism, and increased welfare spending – once debated in arenas of public thought …
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For a country that has not declared war since World War 2, the United States has managed to have an unrivaled global footprint in its 76 year-long golden age of peace. Over that time, the executive branch has managed the following: The overthrow of at least 36 governments Performed at least 81 overt and covert …
If I gather correctly, no-particular-orderism refers to the idea that liberty cannot be centrally planned, that you have to take whatever opportunity presents itself. Some in favor would suggest something to the effect of: “You can’t say I would rather get rid of the welfare state before opening the borders. If the opportunity appears to …
