Trump versus Clinton Economics
When I got to fourteen pages writing this memo I figured I had better give you the short version without my usual story and the economic theory. I will simply summarize the four areas of…
Yes, You Can Examine 650,000 Emails in Eight Days
On the eve of the 2016 Presidential Election, the controversy that FBI Directory James Comey sparked when he revealed that a new batch of emails related to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server…
Outing Security Exploits: Politics or Precaution?
On October 21, 2016, Google notified Microsoft and Adobe of a new vulnerability in Adobe Flash and Microsoft’s operating systems, including Windows 10. By exploiting the vulnerability, an attacker can achieve a privilege escalation, which…
Resurfacing Bernardin’s “Seamless Garment”
The adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same” seems an apt introduction to offering a few thoughts about being a Catholic during an election year. Once again, the vitriol around what…
Distributed Denial of Service Attack Causes Major Disruptions to Popular Internet Sites
Users of popular Internet sites such as Amazon, Twitter, and Spotify experienced significant delays getting to those sites Friday, October 21, 2016. The problem was caused by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) attack against…
The Apologies of a Serious Couch Potato
The conferral of the Nobel Prize for Literature on Bob Dylan had me pondering, as it did many others, on the unexpectness and the appropriateness of the award for the American troubadour. The Literature Nobel…
Fear Not Utopia
Our presidential candidates have been called many things. but visionary is rarely used to describe them. Trump offers us what at best can be called a nostalgic vision, a promise to return America to…
US Government Hands Over Last Bit of Control of the Internet
On October 1, the US government formally gave up control of the Internet to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This move had been in the making for the past nineteen years. On…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCASM). NCASM is a time set aside by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help raise awareness of the growing and persistent threat posed by cyber breaches…
Why Do Debates Matter in the U.S. Presidential Election?
Debates are an important part of presidential campaign strategy.