(Akiit.com) New Twitter owner Elon Musk is vowing to reform the social media platform. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement after his $44 billion bid ...
(Akiit.com) A week ago Barack Obama let loose his inner fascist and gave an hour-long speech at Stanford University that deserved more attention than it got. “I’m pretty close to a First Amendment absolutist,” Obama told his audience and then spent the rest of the hour proving he is anything but. In ...
(Akiit.com) How do we stand up to Putin and avert a climate catastrophe at the same time? Quitting our addiction to fossil fuels. Here’s how we get there. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the West has snapped a series of sanctions into place. Russia is the world’s second ...
(Akiit.com) The New York Times demonstrates why Gallup polling late last year showed only 36% of Americans saying they trust media a “great deal” or “fair” amount. Times reporters have brought fire to the feet of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, reporting on a recording of private remarks that McCarthy ...
(Akiit.com) The corporate legacy media partners of the Democratic Party are caught in a trap over their determination to ignore the Hunter Biden scandal in October 2020. This trap is one they willingly walked into, and the trap was laid by Joe Biden himself. This trap could, and should, lead ...
(Akiit.com) America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and partly the poet Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters. Nothing seems to be working. And no one in control seems to care. The once secure border of 2020 vanished. Two-million ...
(Akiit.com) Black history is American history. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. But thanks to politicians like Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, teaching honestly about history is getting downright dangerous. Youngkin got elected in part by embracing a dishonest campaign launched by far-right activists to make parents fear that teaching about ...
(Akiit.com) I begin by noting that the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) located in Fairfax County, Virginia, is a public institution that is funded by Virginia taxpayers. Those taxpayers include Black Virginians. TJ’s admissions requirements were based on scores made on the entrance exams. Asian students ...
(Akiit.com) Throughout my life, I have been blessed with family and friends who have admonished me to be a critical thinker. I was challenged not only to think, but to think with clarity, appropriate urgency, and logic. The old idea of being one who thought “while others were sleeping” was ...
(Akiit.com) “The psychological toll of always anticipating that next set back where one unexpected bill, short paycheck, or medical emergency will derail months, maybe years, of plans and priorities is exhausting. Feeling like you must do more, and expect less, creates a never-ending daily cycle of economic anxiety.” — Shannon-Janean ...