The FBI and Zero Click
During the Trump administration, the FBI paid $5 million to an Israeli software company for a license to use its “zero-click” surveillance software called Pegasus. Zero-click refers to software that can download the contents of a target’s computer or...
The Anti-Semetic History of the Union Army in the Civil War
Max Glass, a recent immigrant from Hungary, had an unhappy Civil War. Tricked out of his enlistment bonus when he joined the Eighth Connecticut Infantry — recent arrivals were soft touches for scam artists — Glass was then “abused for reason [sic] that I never...
Election Good, Bad & Ugly
The Good: We have divided government. Since Democrats no longer control Congress, they can’t bankrupt America quite so fast! The Bad: Prediction markets, which I touted as the best guide to elections, didn’t do so well. Yes, they correctly said Republicans...
News From Around the South 11/7 to 11/14
ALABAMA: Learning the ways of the time at Inzer House Red hot metal straight from the fire was hammered and coaxed into usable and necessary things that made living in past centuries more possible. Things like hinges to hold doors on homes and barns, and tools...Obiter Dicta
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NORTH CAROLINA: Despite Top Court Ruling, Plaintiffs Try Again to Save Asheville Civil War Monument ASHEVILLE – Despite recently losing their case less than two months ago in the North Read More