That’s the title of Schneier’s upcoming RSA presentation, and yet his analysis of the Post Office shooting in California (titled “Security Problems with Controlled Access Systems“) lacks even a basic foundation in economics: This is a failure of both technology and procedure. The gate was configured to allow multiple vehicles to enter on only one … Continue reading The Economics of Security
Three significant issues stand out after the Alito hearings: 1) He clearly does not think the Constitution protects a woman’s choice (the right to choose, as some might call it), and he indicated that Roe v. Wade is not settled law. 2) He clearly believes in an even more powerful executive branch. In fact he … Continue reading Alito takes the stand
While I was reading about the history of the Hart-Rudman national security commission (sometimes also known as Hart-Gingrich or the Hart-Rudman-Gingrich), I ran into an interesting Weekly Standard article (Issue 35, May 29, 2000) by Tom Donnelly. Donnelly was deputy executive director of the Project for the New American Century at the time. This is … Continue reading America and the Con
I’ve been writing too many comments again on Schneier’s blog lately, so I thought I’d post a few interesting things here instead. This article from the History News Network caught my attention with some interesting insights into the risks from various Presidents and how they stack up from a historian’s point-of-view: The George W. Bush … Continue reading Historians rate the US presidents