For several years I have tried to speak openly about why I find it disappointing that analysts rely heavily (sometimes exclusively) on language to determine who is a foreigner. Back in 2011 I criticized McAfee for their rather awful analysis of language. They are making some funny and highly improbable assumptions: … The attackers used … Continue reading How the NSA Can Tell if You Are a Foreigner
Full disclosure: I spent my undergraduate and graduate degree time researching the ethics of intervention with a focus on the Horn of Africa. One of the most difficult questions to answer was how to define colonialism. Take Ethiopia, for example. It was never colonized and yet the British invaded, occupied and controlled it from 1940-1943 … Continue reading Cyber-Colonialism and Beliefs About Global Development
I am happy to see Secretary of State, John Kerry, saying in the Washington Post that America needs to help Africa with difficult decisions that lie ahead: The best untold story of the last decade may be the story of Africa. Real income has increased more than 30 percent, reversing two decades of decline. Seven … Continue reading US Wants to Help Africa on the Rise
This is not exactly a post I wanted to write. I watched a general reaction to Tom Perkins, however, and felt a serious gap emerging in the news. I started to wonder who would respond with a detailed take-down of his letter. Tom Perkins is obviously wrong to compare himself to Jews persecuted under Nazi … Continue reading On Kristallnacht: Tom Perkins Edition