Daily Archives: February 7, 2015

The World’s Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy, Who is Going Broke


by Julia Angwin,  ProPublica

The man who built the free email encryption software used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, as well as hundreds of thousands of journalists, dissidents and security-minded people around the world, is running out of money to keep his project alive. Continue reading

The Cost of Disowning Jimmy Carter


by Peter Beinart,  National Journal

It can’t be easy being Jimmy Carter. Although he left the White House 34 years ago, his name is still a political insult. W

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Brian Williams Isn’t Alone: These Public Figures Made It Up, Too


by Jeff Green,  Bloomberg

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Historian: Obama doesn’t know much about the Crusades


by Rick Moran,  American Thinker

Few historians would grant President Obama a valid point when he tries to compare Christian excesses during the Crusades with today’s actions by Islamic State. ABC News asked a couple of noted historians of the Medieval period what they thought of the president’s analogy. Continue reading