Silence is (Not) Golden The old adage, “Silence is Golden,” seems a lot less true with news reports of all the silent enablers that have come to light in the last ten years. Consider the many claims of pedophilia against Catholic priests, and how church...
Facebook and the Fake News Problem for U.S. Democracy Facebook’s admirable mission has been to give people the power to share. . . “in order to make the world more open and connected.” In 2007, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted a global presence, and one key...
It is the week before Christmas, 2018. President Trump issued another “tweet” two days ago about removing all U.S. troops from Syria. Nothing illegal about that; it makes sense that a U.S. president heads foreign policy, with the advice and consent of the...
On The Kavanaugh Nomination It is “perfectly legal” to nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court whose views on various important matters are far to the right of most Americans. It is “perfectly legal” for the Senate to have held up President Obama’s nominee, Merritt...
Should Starbucks Have Called the Police? In April of 2008, Starbucks was in the news when a manager in a downtown Philadelphia Starbucks called the police to arrest two young black men who were asking to use the bathroom without purchasing anything from the store....
