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Our cybersecurity in a cyberwarfare age

<em>EditorĢƵ note: Diane Dimond is on sabbatical. The following is from 2021.</em>The Department of Homeland Security has declared the United States has 16 “critical infrastructure sectors.” Translated, that means these enterprises are crucial to a safe and ...

Fix medical marijuana loopholes

Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem.The state legalized weed for medical use in 2016. Dispensaries started opening their doors two years later, with the government picking up a 5% tax on sales. That translates to millions in revenue for the public coffers.Dispensaries were barely opened when ...

Queen Elizabeth II showed monarchy’s surprising resilience

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the praise pouring in from almost all quarters for her 70 years of service make a powerful case, even for small-r republican and small-d democratic Americans, for the institution of constitutional monarchy. There is much to be said for having a head of ...

Pandemic aftermath still critical

Parents, grandparents and America as a whole understood early on that this nationĢƵ children – especially teenagers – would not emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic without potentially long-term negative impacts.But many parents, grandparents and America as a whole did not comprehend how ...

Did you know Superman is black?

BREAKING NEWS!After extensive forensic investigations, officials at Ancestry.com have determined that Superman, aka “The Man of Steel,” is an African American.According to Ancestry, the man whoĢƵ “faster than a speeding bullet” and who “can leap tall buildings in a single bound,” ...

Don’t blame the immigrants; it’s our laws that are criminal

America needs more immigrants, but we seem determined to shoot ourselves in the foot. Before addressing that self-sabotage, permit a small digression.In the 1980s, Venezuela was the wealthiest country in Latin America. Sitting on about 18% of the worldĢƵ proven oil reserves, Venezuelans ...