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AI, China, and the Collapse of Digital Trust: The Cyber Reckoning Facing America

January 16, 2026 1:00 pmJanuary 16, 2026 1:01 pm

As 2026 begins, America is staring down a long-overdue cybersecurity reckoning. What was once dismissed as an IT nuisance or a post-breach cleanup task has hardened into a national liability. Cyber risk now runs straight through the economy, politics, and...

Truth Plus Trust Equals Healing Reality, Part II

January 16, 2026 8:30 amJanuary 16, 2026 8:31 am

The second part of this paper deals with artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, and my experience with our broken healthcare system in Sacramento as a patient, not as a doctor. The story continues from here. Four days before my MRI...

Artificial Intelligence Has No Guardrails, and That Should Worry Us All

January 5, 2026 12:00 pmJanuary 5, 2026 12:03 pm

A Conversation That Changed the Way I Think About AI A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a private home to hear Tim Estes speak. Estes is a longtime technology executive who has worked at the intersection of data,...

Arizona House Prepares For Cutting-Edge AI And Election Integrity Hearing

November 8, 2025 12:56 pmNovember 8, 2025 12:56 pm

On November 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., the Arizona House of Representatives will convene a high-profile hearing on artificial intelligence, democratic governance, and election integrity. Chaired by Alexander Kolodin (R-LD3), the session will convene leading AI and policy experts to...

California’s Tech Job Decline: Headed to Progressive Ruin

November 4, 2025 2:45 amNovember 4, 2025 2:46 am

For decades, California has been globally synonymous with tech innovation, with San Francisco and Silicon Valley epicenter birthing giants like Apple, Google, Twitter/X and Meta. Yet, as of November 2025, dominance in the U.S. tech workforce is waning, with the...

California Math Framework: Equity or Academic Sabotage?

August 11, 2025 2:55 amAugust 11, 2025 2:56 am

“Through the vibrancy of our curriculum, the engagement of peers, and the guidance of thoughtful teachers, students leave with the tools to make a positive impact on the world.” That’s how Branson School in Marin County describes its mission. It...

The Monkees, Grok, and the Myth of Machine Wisdom

August 8, 2025 9:48 amAugust 8, 2025 9:48 am

Recently, Grok – Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on X (formerly Twitter) – was widely mocked for responses deemed controversial or offensive. But the fiasco wasn’t surprising. Grok runs on a large language model, and language models don’t create facts or...