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  • The Night Donald Trump Became President

    The Night Donald Trump Became President0

    Thursday night was the night Donald Trump became president. You can imagine the hyperbolic hosannahs that would have been sung if Trump had gone ahead with his planned strikes against Iran, adding to the list of undeclared presidential wars. Instead he pulled back. Hugh Hewitt called it the “big blink,” inviting Liz Cheney – who

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  • The Next Great Scandal: Photoshopped Modesty

    The Next Great Scandal: Photoshopped Modesty0

    There’s a new censorship scandal afoot: it involves school yearbook pictures, a little too much skin, and some lousy Photoshop skills. Blond, smiling ninth-grader Riley O’Keefe was one of the “victims” of some aggressive photoshopping of her yearbook pictures by high school administrators. O’Keefe’s original school picture featured a gray sweater over a low-cut black

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  • The News Media Needs to Keep You Angry

    The News Media Needs to Keep You Angry0

    I work for a nonprofit whose activities largely center around digital media. But lately, I wish I could just get away from it all. There’s way too much anger right now in that sphere, and much of it is being driven by news media. The mainstream news media would have you believe that they are

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  • The Newest ‘War of the Worlds’ and Its Unsteady Message on Data Privacy

    The Newest ‘War of the Worlds’ and Its Unsteady Message on Data Privacy40

    A new adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic “War of the Worlds” hit Amazon Prime this week – and it is a doozy. Already at #2 on the Amazon charts, this version boasts a unique perspective. That perspective? A computer monitor. The entire film is presented as if the audience is watching a recording of a single screen,

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  • The New-Normaling of Blackouts

    The New-Normaling of Blackouts2

    On Christmas Eve, 2022, in North Carolina, something happened that had never happened before in living memory. People across the state were alerted by their power company, Duke Energy, that there would be rolling blackouts in the aftermath of a severe (but “not exceedingly rare”) winter wind storm. At least 12 other states received similar and previously unheard-of

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  • The New York Times Reveals the Horrors of Capitalism—By Showing China’s State-Run Hospitals

    The New York Times Reveals the Horrors of Capitalism—By Showing China’s State-Run Hospitals0

    The New York Times released a 10-minute video last month entitled “How Capitalism Ruined China’s Health Care System.” The video attempts to blame capitalism for the many problems in China’s health care system. “Under Mao Zedong the Communist state provided free health care for all,” the narrator tells us. “Decades later China adopted a unique brand of capitalism

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