Changing America by Swinging a Bat

The story of Jackie Robinson is one of bravery and societal progress, and I was delighted to see that Mike Royko had written an article (“Jackie’s Debut a Unique Day”) about it many years ago. It is amazing to be able to read the experience of someone who was there at that pivotal moment when …

Commenting on Climate and not Doing Anything

There is a swamp of commentary surrounding climate change. With every disappearing iceberg comes another pundit explaining the need for action over frivolous infighting. This does not reflect my opinion of Friedman’s article “Putin’s War is a Crime Against the Planet,” though. Friedman does a fantastic job of bringing to light the under-discussed repercussions of …

Everyone Knows Who You Are, And Companies Don’t care

This past July, Samsung was struck by a cyber-attack that compromised many users’ personal information. The names, demographics, dates of birth, and contact information of said users were all illegally accessed and acquired. This breach of security was not detected until the following month in August. Samsung was fully aware of the incident and its …

Editorial Claim: Data privacy

Policy Claim: More legal protections must be instantiated to shield users of websites, apps, and other such programs from data collection that has not reasonably and actively consented to. Reason for Claim: The use of programs such as websites and apps is nearly ubiquitous. As such, having information surrounding that use is incredibly valuable and …

Censorship Bad: Editorial Review

Scrolling through The New York Times page, I came upon an editorial about censorship of books and other material. Normally, articles like these are a dime a dozen, but this one is just different enough to warrant writing and reading, even if they only stand on top of the dead horse instead of beating it. …

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