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With a hot war raging in Ukraine, it is easy to lose sight of a zone of growing tension in the cold ice terrain of the Arctic. American military planners have taken notice of the growing Russian military presence building land bases and launching a string of provocative aerial missions. America is playing catch-up in … Continue reading EP 639 US and Russia Waging New Battle for the Arctic →

Tik Tok. Huawei. Tencent. Giant Chinese companies have become controversial players in the United States as we try to determine their motives and whether they are just another arm of the Chinese government as they vacuum up incredible amounts of data on American citizens. Data which we willingly provide as we ignore terms of service … Continue reading EP 638 Data Trafficking is the New Superpower Battleground →

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Cryptocurrency has been in the news recently and not in a good way. The chicanery of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX Exchange now stands in league with other great financial swindles, like Bernie Madoff’s. There are large questions that need to be addressed both about the economic utility of this relatively new asset class and … Continue reading EP 637 Should You Buy Cryptocurrency? →

The conventional criticism of the current make up of the U.S. Supreme Court is that it is populated by a majority of rabid right wing partisans, overturning precedents in order to achieve political objectives. And that its decisions are out of step with a majority of Americans. Our guest, Mark Lemley, Professor of Law at … Continue reading EP 636 An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power →

The American public education system, K-12, is plagued with problems at this moment.  On the heels of a pandemic that turned teaching from one of the most impactful, personal professions into one in which remote exchanges were dominant, this just begins to scratch the surface.  We find an inability to recruit enough qualified college graduates … Continue reading EP 635 Why Do We Have a Teacher Shortage in America? There Are Many Reasons →