John Naughton / theGuardian.com
- Feb 23, 2019
- 3 min
Outside Sources / 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalis
Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
- Feb 23, 2019
- 3 min
WHY NOT? / National Emergencies?
If George Washington had declared a National Emergency he might have abolished political parties. In his farewell address he called...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
WHY NOT? / Wall to Wall Nuttiness
By the time you read this the “Wall” controversy may have changed. Trump may have declared a National Emergency in order to detract from...
James BigBoy Medlin
- Dec 24, 2018
- 2 min
WHY NOT? / Breaking News
It’s been hard to keep up with the fast-breaking stories at year’s end. I may have confused a few events, but here’s a capsule review....
David Talbot
- Dec 22, 2018
- 2 min
Talbot / War Liberals
Before I run off and start swilling the egg nog, just one more comment from me about the war liberals who are heaping praise on their...
James BigBoy Medlin / Art Dan Hubig
- Dec 20, 2018
- 8 min
WHY NOT? / The Brain Trust (Early Days)
On an unseasonably warm (is warm ever “unseasonable” any more?) day in mid-October 2015, Travis Redfish headed North in his orange 1970...