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Time to Reverse the Odds of Preventable Death Jan. 25, 2019
For the first time since records have been kept on such things, the odds of someone accidentally dyi... Read More
Americans Continue to Reject the Regulatory State Jan. 24, 2019
Democratic dreams of a Green New Deal tap into some very real concerns shared by most Americans. Fif... Read More
Social Media Is Harming America; We Need to Do Something About It Jan. 18, 2019
By now, we know that social media is more likely to bring out the worst in us than the best in us. O... Read More
Our Devices Getting Creepier, Nosier and More Invasive Jan. 16, 2019
Electronic gadgets are now part of all of our lives — from the handheld devices we carry and c... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
Congress Needs to Understand Tech Issues; Shuttered Office of Experts Could Help Jan. 08, 2019
There once was a group of technology experts whose job was to educate members of Congress on cutting... Read More
Keeping the Shutdown in Perspective Jan. 03, 2019
In official Washington and the nation's political media world, the partial shutdown of the federal g... Read More
For Missouri, 2018 Brought Toppled Politicos, Jobs Lost to Trade Wars and Vanishing Data Dec. 28, 2018
For Missouri, 2018 was a year of political exits that rocked the state and drew national attention. ... Read More
Facebook Has Betrayed Users' Privacy More Than We Knew; Congress Must Act. Dec. 21, 2018
A New York Times probe has revealed the shocking true depths of Facebook's data mining of its users,... Read More
Improve Forecasts Before 2019 Hurricane Season Nov. 16, 2018
We depend on accurate, timely weather forecasts to let us know when inclement weather is expected or... Read More
Election 2018 in Context: A Political System Out of Sync with the Nation It's Supposed to Serve Nov. 15, 2018
In the wake of Election 2018, analysts have delved deeply into a seemingly limitless supply of data ... Read More
40 Percent of Election Polls Were Wrong Nov. 09, 2018
The polling in the 2018 election was terrible. In the hotly contested Senate and governor races that... Read More
Which Team Will Be the Lesser of Two Evils on Election Day? Oct. 25, 2018
For the past two years, many Democrats thought that victory in 2018 would simply be a matter of runn... Read More
Social Media Self-Exam Needed Sep. 07, 2018
As the heads of major social media networks testify before Congress, an insightful new survey shows ... Read More
Profile of the Next Mass Shooter Jul. 28, 2018
The news alerts us to another mass shooting at (fill in the blank). A school, a theater, on a busy s... Read More
One Crazy Email Misleads Many Jun. 27, 2018
We all know that the internet can be a force for good — spreading knowledge and education to p... Read More
Stay on the Iron Mountain May. 23, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: In early January 2016, I had a $16,000 certificate of deposit that came due and coul... Read More
Microtrends, Not Politics, Lead the Nation Apr. 26, 2018
If you want to understand where America is heading, a good place to start is with Mark Penn's new bo... Read More
Facebook Clearly Won't Fix Itself Apr. 12, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg in 2006: "We really messed this one up. ... We did a bad job of explaining what the ... Read More
Big Brother Is Watching Mar. 23, 2018
I joined Facebook originally so that I could see pictures of my kids and grandkids, keep tabs on wha... Read More
