Al Jazeera vs. Bangladesh: What’s Happening, Why, and What Might It Lead To?

February 13, 2021

It's up to the court of law to establish the facts about Al Jazeera's investigation, but the very publication of the outlet's series of reports has been enough to provoke an enormous international sca…

Navalny and Treason

February 12, 2021

Opinion

Collaborating with foreign intelligence structures to create a poisoning narrative would appear to fit the definition of treason. How about writing a letter to a foreign head of state asking him to sa…

What Wall Street Fears

February 2, 2021

Opinion

The origin of modern banking can be found in the early days of the gold trade. In the Middle Ages, goldsmiths accepted deposits of gold in return for paper notes, which could be exchanged for the depo…

Game Stop Revolution or the Matrix Reloaded?

February 1, 2021

Opinion

I have to say as revolutions go, this one is hilarious. Game Stop opened this morning above $330 per share, a sentence I never thought in a million years I’d ever write. This open nearly ensures that …

Another Mega Group Spy Scandal? Samanage, Sabotage, and the SolarWinds Hack

January 27, 2021

Opinion

The devastating hack on SolarWinds was quickly pinned on Russia by US intelligence. A more likely culprit, Samanage, a company whose software was integrated into SolarWinds’ software just as the “back…

Knives Out: Boycott, Purge, and Prosecute

January 11, 2021

Opinion

The Biden administration has promised to promote unity when it takes office later this month. That’s an excellent message after four years of deliberate provocation and polarization coming from the Tr…

The Lesson of 2020: What’s the Point of Pointing Out the Hypocrisy?

January 4, 2021

Opinion

I’ve been on vacation in Mexico for the past two weeks. But that isn’t the reason content from me has been scarcer than normal. Yes, vacations are supposed to be for recharging and taking a break from…

Politics, Positivism and the Science of Tyranny

December 3, 2020

Opinion

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”— Philip K. Dick There is nothing worse than the politicization of science. If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us it is …