6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (365+ words) With the level of concern over data centers rising to near-hysteria, you’d think people were suddenly rushing to build nuclear waste dumps next to elementary schools throughout the country and that radioactive sludge was threatening to engulf children across America....

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (382+ words) As North Dakota legislators prepare to take up the issue of transparency surrounding data centers, a recent poll showed public opposition to the facilities is growing nationwide. A new Heatmap News survey found 75% of Americans somewhat or strongly oppose having…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (474+ words) Don’t look now, but we seem to have a moral panic on our hands. The term moral panic, at least as a social science concept, is relatively modern. It was coined by Stanley Cohen in the 1972 book “Folk Devils and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (483+ words) Over two decades ago, I wrote the opening page of my first novel to lose myself in another world, one of my own creation. I couldn’t control the hatred, war and tragedy that abounded in the real world, but I…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) There’s an old saying: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. A similar idea underscores the debate over wealth taxes in California and elsewhere: Those who can, build companies. Those who can’t, devise ways for the government to take…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (422+ words) The rapid spread of public surveillance cameras represents something far more consequential than a new piece of police technology. It represents a fundamental change in the relationship between the individual and the state. These cameras allow government agents to record,…...