The causes and effects of organizational corruption have been widely examined in literature, including malfeasance that is specific to nonprofits organizations. This post draws a distinction between outright illegal and soft corruption, the latter referring to the continued and deliberate misuse of donated funds to benefit officers of the nonprofit, with little – in some […]
The Max Headroom Incident
The jamming of television signals in the US has always been a contentious one and for good reason. On one side of the coin there is the network operator who has spent millions of dollars to build the network and on the other side of the coin, you have the consumers who are often charged […]
The Untold Water Issue
While reading the other day, – as I so often do – I ran into an article that at first I thought “this can’t be right.” In the fashion that I’ve been known for, I set out to research what was said in the article. Much to my amazement, it was right, which prompted me […]
The United States Mid-Term Election Process Explained
In a previous post, about the US election process and once again, we’ll explain the mid-term election process. Unlike the presidential election process, the mid-term – also held every four years, is an election of senators and representatives, the representatives – as implied – being those that represent each district within each state of the […]
What Makes A Hacker Happy
As always, it’s best to clear the air about what is a “hacker” and what is a “cracker.” (Hacker vs Cracker. What’s The Difference?) It seems that on a daily basis, we hear the term “hacker” from the talking heads in the major media outlets, always squawking about it, but for the life of anyone […]