Why You Can't Believe What the Government Tells You About Spying

This week, we learned that the NSA infiltrated Internet security and development companies so that it could weaken their encryption and security. If this doesn't make you fear your government, then you are remarkably immune to anxiety, and I applaud you for your zen-like nature. Meanwhile, I'm left feeling like I'm living in some strange world dreamed up by a meeting between Kafka, Orwell and perhaps the most vicious child leaders in Lord of the Flies. 

Why Attacking Syria is a Really Bad Idea

Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a country full of goldfish cleverly disguised as humans. "Oh, the President is insisting weapons of mass destruction were used by some foreign, evil nation? Never heard that before!" "The media insists that war is the only solution to human rights violations? Must be true!" A goldfish does, after all, have a memory that only lasts three seconds.