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Are Cybersecurity Stocks Moving On The Government Surveillance Expiration?
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 11:06am | 304Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate failed to extend key provisions of the Patriot Act, which effectively ends portions of the National Security Agency's authorization to collect and analyze domestic phone calls. That move clears the way for the Senate to act on the House of Representative...
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NSA Data Collection Practices Hanging On By A Thread
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 1:25pm | 383On Wednesday, a 338–88 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill that ends the National Security Agency's sweeping collection of phone records. Now the bill is destined for the Senate, where there is a deep divide over whether or not the practice is...
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Can Liberals And Libertarians Find Common Ground?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 4:48pm | 1677The Occupy Wall Street movement has the potential to turn into a political firestorm. Everyday Americans are not too happy with their government, or the conduct of the finance industry. I say, good on them. It's about time. The problem, however, is that we have become so divided as a nation that it...
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Don't Blame Bush for Obama's Failures
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:08am | 689I get a dizzying sense of déjà vu whenever I hear what's left of President Barack Obama's supporters blame the current state of the economy on former President George W. Bush. As the U.S. economy fell into recession early in Bush's presidency, many Republicans put the blame on former President Bill...