The Department of Homeland Security has declared the United States has 16 “critical infrastructure sectors.” Translated, that means these enterprises are crucial to a safe and orderly society. The sectors include: food and agriculture, water, medical and healthcare, energy, transportation, telecommunications, law enforcement and, of course, our defense systems. With increasing regularity foreign-based cybercriminals are attacking these vital … [Read more...]
Re-imagining Our Police Forces: What is it We Need?
Bill Bratton has been the police commissioner of three major cities: Boston, Los Angeles and New York. When asked recently about the value of cops Bratton, 73, said, “They are the glue that literally holds society together. They are an essential element of a successful democracy.” I agree. But we have come to a place now where we need to decide if police are our guardians or our warriors. The latter is defined as “a person engaged or … [Read more...]
Fraudsters Go Where the (Covid-19) Money Is
Last June eight guys in Brooklyn put their heads together, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and came up with a scheme to steal stranger’s identities and take what didn’t belong to them. Just a couple months before that – in the earliest days of the Covid-19 scare – Congress passed a $2.2 trillion bill called the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. … [Read more...]
Federal Overreach: The Nation’s Most Expensive Mud Puddle
Just thought you might like to know what the federal government is doing on your behalf, how the feds are spending your tax dollars on a crazy-sounding lawsuit. The dispute pits a South Dakota farm family, the Fosters, against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The fight is over a mud puddle. Yep, you read that right. Said mud puddle is located smack in the middle of prime farmland. … [Read more...]
Prisoners Released for Covid Safety Sake Brace Against Possible Return
The idea behind prison is to rehabilitate the redeemable criminals and lock away for life the truly evil ones.When the pandemic began to ravage the nation’s prisons Congress passed a provision in the CARES Act allowing sickly and non-violent inmates who had served most of their time to be released. After careful vetting, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) released about 24-thousand federal prisoners and allowed them to serve their time under … [Read more...]
Know a Victim of Domestic Abuse? Here’s How to Help Them
Domestic abuse is a terrible cycle. Victim advocates say it takes an average 7 events before the injured person tries to leave an abusive situation for good. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates nearly 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the U.S. every minute. Over the course of one year that would amount to 10 million women – and, yes, men too. … [Read more...]
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