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How to Protect Children from Predators
There is an ongoing debate amongst parents in the U.S. about whether or not they should let their children participate on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. One side argues that resistance is futile while the other side hopes that they can shield their kids from the “cruel world” and maintain privacy by [...]
VIDEO Q&A From a Recent Lecture
I gave a lecture to the Salem State College Lifelong Learner’s Institute (LLI) on July 7th, 2010. The forty five minute talk entitled “Al Qaeda: Then and Now” was followed by an hour of Q and A. These three videos come directly from the Q and A.
If you’d like a complete copy of my PowerPoint [...]
What is the National Security Strategy (NSS)?
Sometime after the BP oil leak started but before Israel commandos stormed a ship full of Palestinian activists, the Obama administration issued the new National Security Strategy (NSS). Federal law requires POTUS to submit “timely” NSS reports to Congress to ensure that the bureaucracy is on the same page (no small task when you consider [...]
Do You Believe Weird Things?
Michael Shermer is the founder of Skeptic Magazine and the Skeptics Society.
He is also the successful author of 9 books, including bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things and The Mind of the Market: How Biology and Psychology Shape Our Economic Lives. In addition, he has appeared on “The Colbert Report, 20/20, Dateline, Charlie Rose, Larry [...]
Fairness and the Founding Fathers
Invoking the Founding Fathers
It seems that over the past year or so, politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken to invoking the Founding Fathers during their speeches and while answering questions for the evening news. In doing so, they try to give the impression that if somehow the Founders could magically awaken from [...]