More proof that the Internet is not our friend answers a troubling question. How clueless about life are we to think that a big, free, open website like Facebook that lets us volunteer every scrap of information about our lives can keep our data private? Pretty darn clueless. And how clueless about politics are we to think that this is a problem Washington will solve? … [Read more...] about Clueless About Politics or Naïve About What Drives Policy?
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Powers of Congress We Should Take Back
Don't worry. This is not a civics lesson about the powers of Congress. There is no point to that because our government is too far gone to resemble the Washington we learned about in school. As far as our Congress is concerned, the only measuring stick that matters is how many times and how hard lawmakers have dropped the ball. Four powers of Congress lawmakers don't … [Read more...] about Powers of Congress We Should Take Back