How does human bias affect the Twitter World?

May 18, 2018 | Politics

Toronto Canada experienced a frightening van attack April 23, 2018.  A man drove a large white van onto the sidewalk and murdered 10 and injured 15. Tweets were sent out during the attack reporting eye witness accounts: #BREAKING Witness to truck ramming into...

“Mean Girls” Bullying on Social Media

May 3, 2018 | Ethics, Mental Health

  It was Marshall McLuhan who wrote the Medium is the Message. Love to hear what he would say today about the easy abuse of social media by mean girls-young and old.    McLuhan wrote in 1967 that we live in a complex system of information, physically,...

Britain, Russia, Spies, Oil and the Paris Accord

Mar 24, 2018 | Ethics, Politics

    Great Britain wants to punish Russia for using a dangerous nerve agent in their country. Good for them; standing up to a dangerous autocrat. But how do they plan to hurt Russia? Trade?  Great idea. Sanctions!!  Oops. Great Britain needs Russia the way a...