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How a stupid ‘weather forecast’ turned into a full-blown political scandal, plus today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella It all began with an egomaniacal president interjecting himself into official weather forecasts for a powerful Continue reading →

The disturbing truth about low unemployment figures in the U.K. and U.S.

By Robert A. Vella Conservatives on both sides of “The Pond” have been boasting about low unemployment figures in their Continue reading →

Federal Officials Shut Down Sales of ‘Ruinous’ Health Insurance Plans

“There is good cause to believe” that the Florida companies have sold shoddy coverage by falsely claiming that such policies Continue reading →

Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data

WASHINGTON — The political action committee founded by John R. Bolton, President Trump’s incoming national security adviser, was one of Continue reading →

Wells Fargo Hit With Unusual Ban on Growth in Yellen’s Final Act

After markets closed on her final workday in office, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a blow to one of Continue reading →

Sean Parker: We Built Facebook to Exploit You

He described the system of users posting content and receiving likes as “a social-validation feedback loop … exploiting a vulnerability Continue reading →

The massive Equifax data breach and You

By Robert A. Vella If you are reading this editorial, consider yourself in exclusive company.  For most people, concern over Continue reading →

Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking

When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s Continue reading →

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