The 62 agencies and programs Trump wants to eliminate Web Publication: USA Today, by Gregory Korte Slash & Burn? Yesterday, USA Today published a list of the cuts that Trump is including in his budget. USA Today is to be commended for this sort of straight journalism. The list is somewhat concise and organized. The […]
Archives for 2017
The Trump Scorecard 3/15/17
Trump news this past week has been dominated by a healthcare reform bill, more Kelly Anne Conway, and the leaking of some tax returns. But underlying the headlines is the sense that this Presidency is settling down into something actually closer to old style establishment Republicanism. Gerald Ford maybe? This is not necessarily a bad […]
TIR 3/14/17: ….a bill to let telecoms sell your personal Internet history
There are the 17 House Representatives that introduced a bill to let telecoms sell your personal Internet history Web Publication: Privacy News Online, by Caleb Chen What privacy? This brief article – more like an announcement, should be greeted with great concern. It describes an effort to allow telecoms to sell our browser history. The […]
TIR 3/10/17: As many as 48 million Twitter accounts aren’t people, says study
As many as 48 million Twitter accounts aren’t people, says study Web Publication: CNBC, by Michael Newburg Shouting into the wind This story by Michael Newburg adds another wrinkle after a hard week for confidence in Internet based social media. Earlier this week, we learned that the CIA has the ability to hear everything in […]
The Trump Scorecard 3/8/17
This week is an example of how news moves extremely fast. Trump ‘lays an egg’ over the weekend (the wiretapping claim) and just 3 days later, we learn via Wikileaks that the CIA used tools that would make it look like their work was carried out by the Russians or others….So here is a snap […]
A Primer On Your Upcoming Unemployment Part 1
It’s hard for the currently employed to imagine life without a job. If you’re older, it’s hard to understand why a young person, especially a young man can’t just go out and get a job like the baby boomers did in the sixties, seventies or eighties. When you’re young, and by young I mean anything […]