Picks of the Week: Memorial Day
General John Kelly’s Speech About Two Marines In The Path Of A Truck Bomb | Business Insider Those Left Behind: The Legacy of Arlington’s Section 60 | Reuters Honor the Fallen | Military Times As I write this, the sun is rising on the green woods behind my home. My dog is lying on a chair next to me, snoring. I’m well fed and I have enough to drink. I … Read More
Picks of the Week: ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Continues to Divide the World
Google Takes Right to Be Forgotten Battle to France’s Highest Court | The Guardian Google Appeals French ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Order | The Wall Street Journal Ne Privons Pas Les Internautes Français d’Informations Légales | Le Monde The Internet has a long memory. But what if the pictures, data, and personal information that can be found about you online appear unfair, one-sided, or just plain wrong? The so-called “right to be forgotten” has sparked one … Read More
Picks of the Week: The Republic Needs Honest Debate, Not Narratives
The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru | New York Times 10 Problems with that New York Times Magazine Profile of White House Aide Ben Rhodes | New York Magazine How We Advocated for the Iran Deal | Medium Last weekend, the New York Times Magazine published an article about White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. Part hagiography, part hatchet-job, the article by David Samuels has … Read More
Picks of the Week: Trump’s Worldview
The Kremlin’s Candidate: In the 2016 Election, Putin’s propaganda network is picking sides | Politico Transcript: Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech | New York Times Trump’s ‘America First’ has ugly echoes from U.S. history | CNN Donald Trump, the businessman turned Republican presidential candidate, gave his first foreign policy speech of the campaign this week, invoking the long-discredited language of “America First,” and suggesting that as president he would reconsider … Read More
Picks of the Week: What the Panama Paper Breach Means for Your Organization Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From ‘Panama Papers’ Breach | Forbes What the Panama Paper Hack Means for Worldwide Cybersecurity | Massive Media The Panama Papers Wake Up Call | Security Week In the wake of the revelations from the so-called “Panama Papers,” the world of the rich and powerful has been reeling. A single cyber attack against Mossack Fonseca—a Panamanian law firm that was virtually unknown to the public—has sent a tsunami around the … Read More
Picks of the Week: Obama & Trump
Just how much do these men have in common?
Picks of the Week | The Impact of Cheap Oil; SOTU and Cybersecurity
Cheap Oil and Security Falling oil prices hit Venezuela, Iran and Russia hard | The Washington Post Russia ends US Nuclear security alliance | The Boston Globe Americans are thrilled with the drop in gas prices over the last six months—I know I am. Every time I fill my car up for $35 instead of $55, I smile. But the drop in oil prices that underlies the drop in gasoline … Read More