Motivations

| July 27, 2011

Among the very last of the reasons anyone should ever want a government job is because it is lucrative. Although in close contention might be the rationale one of my college classmates gave when asked why she wanted a government job: “Because you can’t get fired.” Seriously, she said that out loud to a full […]

Internet Kill Switch

| January 29, 2011

With the current turmoil in Egypt, including the shutdown of external internet links by the regime, there’s been some discussion of the possibility of an “Internet Kill Switch” for the US — something that could, as proponents would have it, be used to protect the infrastructure. Says PC Mag: The legislation was first introduced last […]