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Cartoon: The Undecided States of America
Mark Wilson is a New York political cartoonist and illustrator who lives in the Adirondacks. He publishes under the pen name Marquil.
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Michaud: Finding the balance between collectivism and individualism
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Some people say this presidential race is a contest between worldviews. On one side is the collective view (Barack Obama), and on the other, the idea that the individual succeeds on his or her own (Mitt Romney). Think of the sound bites we’ve had on these themes – from Rep. Paul Ryan’s admiration for ultra-individualist Ayn Rand to Obama’s reminder that business people didn’t “build that” by themselves....
Read more »Bessent: Sandy's power outages foreshadow another threat - cyberterrorism
Wonder what a cyberattack might look like? Think the post-Sandy east coast.
If some rogue nation or terrorist hacker launched a cyberattack on power plants or water systems, the result could be the same widespread outages and disruptions this week’s hurricane left in its path, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
“If you think a control system attack that takes...
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