Source secrecy in the modern era
The Justice Department’s accessing of reporter Ali Watkins’s email and phone records as part of a leak investigation is just one of several recent incidents in which the federal government has obtained the digital and other information about journalists’ activities in order to identify confidential sources.
Down South: Barn Country
I love driving through the country and in rural areas I enjoy coming across old barns.
Lawmakers propose statewide data warehouse
A little-known proviso (117.155) in the House budget would create a statewide personal information data warehouse.
Down South: Life Without Fathers
There’s something about being a writer that makes people confide in you.
The End of the Row
The gardening season is upon us. Here in the Upstate, it is a little late this year.
Dad Doesn’t Have Time
The car I was driving was headed in the direction of the school where I was employed as a teacher.