Privacy

Careers in data science, cybersecurity, information security, AI/machine learning, and digital marketing are forming the new workplace infrastructure. You might be surprised to learn that this infrastructure will also allow the egregious invasion of our privacy by the federal government. Your Privacy: Welcome to the Fatherland! makes it clear that without regulation, our privacy will not be protected. Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about Dave Creek, who had a successful, full-time career, but who also discovered a demanding vocation as a bonsai practitioner. Annie Searle writes about the real boss of American culture—Bruce Springsteen.  My recent trip to Amsterdam reminded me of what I had learned about the Dutch when I was growing up in Yonkers. –Patricia Vaccarino