by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 16, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis In the New York Times best seller The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable (Random House 2010) its author Nassim Taleb argues that what we don’t know is likely to be far more relevant that what we do particularly with respect to...
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 7, 2012 | Monitor
President Barack Obama uses a cell phone to call supporters in Henderson, Nevada. Photo: AP/Pablo Martinez Congratulations, Barack Obama: You have prevailed in the nerdiest election in the history of the American Republic. If 2008 was about hope and change, 2012 was...
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
Not knowing who’s going to be president tomorrow might be the only thing in today’s election that unmoors national security. Photo: Flickr/joebeone Let’s be real: The differences between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney don’t extend to...
by The Staff of Danger Room | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Robotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president’s behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale. The White House already has an incredible amount of power to...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeHow noble, at first sight. Mitt Romney was said to have stopped campaigning as hurricane Sandy joined up with two other storm fronts to take a swat of the Northeastern quadrant of the U.S. Actually, he’d launched into a celebration of private...