by Graham J Noble | Jan 8, 2025 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
On Jan. 7, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement that was met with surprise and more than a little skepticism. Speaking via video posted online, Zuckerberg revealed plans to end the “fact-checking” programs that have operated across Meta platforms, which...
by Mark Angelides | Jan 4, 2025 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Opinion, Politics
Harry Houdini may be most well known as an escapologist, but he was also a consummate close-up artist who mastered card tricks and sleight of hand to befuddle audiences all over the world. But he had nothing on the federal government when it came to dazzling the...
by Graham J Noble | Dec 11, 2024 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
It may well be that the stupidest – but also most dangerous – new word to enter the mainstream lexicon in the past decade is “misinformation.” Quite apart from the Orwellian “Newspeak” (à la 1984) undertone, it’s a word with a meaning that is entirely subjective. How...
by Tim Donner | Dec 9, 2024 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and promising – or, for some, threatening – to alter the long-embedded, free-spending bureaucratic culture of the nation’s capital, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been the talk of the Swamp since...
by Corey Smith | Nov 28, 2024 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Part of the Donald Trump Agenda47 campaign was to “Establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to declassify and publish all documents on Deep State spying, censorship, and abuses of power.” It’s not a bad idea, considering Americans’ trust in the US government...