National Review: Where are the Left’s modern muckrakers? “In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was an epic fight of so-called muckrakers — journalists and novelists such as Frank Norris, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell, along with trust-busting politicians like Teddy Roosevelt — against rail, steel, and oil monopolies. Whatever one thought of their sensationalism and often hard-left socialist agendas, they at least brought public attention to price fixing, product liabilities, monopolies, and the buying of politicians.
No such progressive zealotry exists today in Silicon Valley and its affiliated tech spin-offs. And the result is a Roman gladiatorial spectacle with no laws in the arena.”
Business Insider: Parts of China using facial recognition tech that can scan the country’s entire population in one second
Spectator: Don’t let Silicon Valley get its FAANGs into Washington
Wired: The dark web’s favorite currency is less untraceable than it seems
The American Conservative: A madman on the National Security Council
The Week: Don’t vilify responsible gun owners. Praise them.
High Times: Research shows CBD may help addicts maintain sobriety
Ars Technica: Uber told to stop testing driverless tech in Arizona
