Dec 10, 2020The GOP must fast-track vote by mail and ballot harvestMore states expected to allow ballot harvesting SAN FRANCISCO, CA. It’s time for the Republican National Committee (RNC) to reverse position and stress vote-by-mail and ballot harvesting in all states where it is permitted. If the RNC needs convincing evidence to change policy, it should look no farther than California…Ballot Harvesting3 min readBallot Harvesting3 min read
Apr 7, 2020Mr. Trump, end this quarantineQuestionable protection for the vulnerable, unquestioned economic devastation As a small business owner, I urge you to end the quarantine. We have time if you act now and prioritize the country’s economic pandemic. At the start, you heeded your public health experts and approved their recommended multi-week quarantine. …Quarantine4 min readQuarantine4 min read
Nov 18, 2019Are Trump, Biden, and the Ukrainian President All Guilty of BriberyImagine you sit on a jury that must decide whether these three individuals are guilty of bribery. For all three, military aid was the value or consideration, and political corruption was the justification. Were personal or political benefits incidental or intentional? Were threats to withhold military aid overt or inherent…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Nov 8, 2018Ten Reasons Facebook Fails to Deliver VotesPBS’s “Frontline” recently aired a two-part series titled “Facebook’s Dilemma”. The series highlighted Facebook’s privacy holes and how it was used as a tool for genocide in Myanmar. Unfortunately, the program also pushed the narrative that Facebook was used to affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential campaign, and possibly…Facebook8 min readFacebook8 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Sep 26, 2018Why Facebook Still Can’t Sway ElectionsThroughout 2018, Emily Chang, the popular host of “Bloomberg Technology”, asked many of her cyber security guests to comment on how Russia used Facebook to change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Most guests sidestepped the question, but not Gary Vaynerchuk, the candid entrepreneur, and a pre-IPO Facebook investor. …Facebook3 min readFacebook3 min read
Apr 17, 2017DC’s Dueling Echo Chambers on FireEcho chambers — a media phenomena in which information, ideas, or allegations are amplified and reinforced by repetition — have been with us as long as there’s been party politics. Before radio, television and the Internet, when printed newspapers issued news, the editors and news syndicates had monopoly power to…Iran Deal4 min readIran Deal4 min read
Mar 6, 2017Voters should decide ‘sanctuary’ for undocumented violent felonsWhen it comes to dangerous and violent unauthorized-immigrant felons, California voters, not lawmakers, should decide sanctuary policy. This is first and foremost a crime issue and secondarily an immigration issue. Sacramento lawmakers, provoked by the Trump administration’s defunding threats, are considering new legislation, SB54. The bill’s requirements make San Francisco’s…Immigration3 min readImmigration3 min read
Feb 19, 2017Technology has disrupted the Leak TraditionAre instant leaks, using encrypted messaging apps, expanding the deep state beyond shadowy CIA operatives? Early in episode four of Showtime’s “Homeland”, an angry President-elect Elizabeth Keane (Elizabeth Marvel) faces CIA Director Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham) and says, “if you think it’s wise to tie the President’s hands so…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Jan 27, 2017Trump’s overhanging fearThe night Donald Trump won the 2016 election, his 2020 re-election campaign began. His 2.8 million vote loss in the popular vote overshadowed his razor thin electoral win. He beat his opponent in Michigan by 10,704 votes, Wisconsin, by 22,748 votes, and Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes. With those 77.744 …2016 Election3 min read2016 Election3 min read
Jan 2, 2017RefugeeOriginally published at Microstories.net. The refugee camp was quiet. The sun was at high noon. In this hellish heat, he first saw her — caught on a thorny hill. Her eyes stared beyond the arid land, imagining some grain for her dying daughter. She tried to find a tear for…Fiction2 min readFiction2 min read
