Someone snuck into the South Carolina Department of Revenue database in August and made off with the names and Social Security numbers of 3.6 million South Carolinians. (To put it in perspective, the population of the entire state is 4.6 … Continue reading
While observing and participating in many early online discussions, my friend Mike Godwin in 1990 created “Godwin’s Law,” which states: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. The concept of … Continue reading
Some say this quadrennial presidential campaign is disappointing, focusing too much on negative personal attacks rather than serious discussions about important issues. George Friedman, a political scientist and chief executive of … Continue reading
When I was young, my grandparents made me a deal: Five bucks for every poem I could memorize and recite from a book of poetry they gave me that Christmas. It was an astonishing amount of money at the time, … Continue reading