People often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate. —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s widely acknowledged that we live in a deeply polarized country. The gap between Republicans and Democrats is rapidly widening. The media is highly fragmented, so people across the political spectrum can surround themselves with news and analysis that supports their preconceived opinions. This tends to fuel distrust of people who are different. Such distrust is evident in the acrimonious debate
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What might have been then last of an era passed with the death of Mike Wallace. Born on May 9, 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts, Wallace began his news career in Chicago in the 1940s, first as a radio news writer for the Chicago Sun and then as a reporter for WMAQ. But all will remember him for the career he began with CBS in 1951. The journalist is best remembered for his presence on 60 Minutes. For many years, his Sunday night interviews were must see for those who wanted to know what was going on
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Readers have been eagerly awaiting the launch of library lending for Kindle books since Amazon first mentioned looking into the program. While Barnes and Noble’s Nook reader has already granted libraries licenses to check out its eBooks, Amazon has been playing catch up. After an announcement in April that the program was coming, the beta version arrived in more than 11,000 libraries in late September of 2011. What’s this? EBooks from the library? Libraries have long since moved past just offering book-books to customers. First it was the addition of newspapers and magazines. Then came
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by David M. Hill, Sr. People often ask what the best option is for off-grid communication. There is only one answer to this question that makes sense to me and that is the wonderful world of amateur radio or ham radio. The reason is quite simple—ham radio is the only legal form of two-way radio
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by David M. Hill, Sr. Let’s first cover what we are talking about when saying OFF GRID. Most all forms of communications today require grid support. The internet, landline telephones, and cell phones all require some form of support to function. Now if we either chose to go off grid or we are forced to
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