STOPPING PUBLICATION OF ALTERED PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS

As such, the question is: Should our leaders not seriously consider making it a crime to knowingly manipulate, alter or change photographs and videos in a materially misleadi, ng way?   First Amendment concerns obviously creep into this discussion, but the thinking here is that fraud is not protected by the First Amendment provided, of course, that the criminal statute in question is properly crafted. Read More …

The Evils of Cashless Business

Is a cashless society good?    It may be faster to do everything by plastic and  electronically.  But there’a a huge risk in going down the cashless path.   Erosion of liberty….A huge additional risk of a cashless society is that it further subjects everyone to the risk of total loss if our financial system is subject to a major and pervasive internet/computer hack….Who is benefiting from this policy?  The betting here is that its a few monied oligarchs. Read More …