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KLAR: Can Wi-Fi Exposure Damage Infant Development?

September 14, 2025 John Klar

A recent study raised alarming concerns about risks to infants exposed to electromagnetic radiation, including Wi-Fi signals and cellphones. Children exposed to high levels of electromagnetic field radiation displayed developmental difficulties at significantly higher rates than others. Numerous studies have found associations between electromagnetic radiation exposure and leukemia, brain tumors, and dementia. As 5G is … Read more

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ROPER: It Must Be Corruption Because Nobody Is Actually This Stupid.

September 14, 2025 Rob Roper

Two and a half years ago, I wrote a piece titled “Auditors Report: Just How Bad Lawmakers Screwed Up the Broadband Buildout.” This followed a post nearly two years before that, when Covid was raging, schools were closed, and kids in rural communities were doing their online homework from their cars in McDonald’s parking lots, … Read more

Is Congress About To Destroy The Internet?

May 21, 2024 Op-Ed

Is this the end of Section 230, a law that shields tech companies from liability for the third-party content they host? Will the sky fall without 230? Recently, the House Energy and Commerce Committee proposed a bipartisan bill that would sunset Section 230 at the end of 2025: “Our bill gives Big Tech a choice: Work with … Read more

Digital Marketing Vs. Digital Agency : The Real Difference

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Guest Contributor

Digital marketing and digital agency are often used interchangeably in the digital landscape, but they differ significantly when seeking professional services in the digital space.

A Free and Open Internet Is a Threat to the Establishment

December 29, 2023 Op-Ed

Last week, a video clip of Francis Fukuyama went viral. In the clip, the political scientist called freedom of speech and a marketplace of ideas “18th-century notions that really have been belied (or shown to be false) by a lot of what’s happened in recent decades.”

The Matrix Laptop original Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Biden Campaign Looks for Ways to “Fondle” the 2024 Youth Vote

April 11, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Four staffers for the White House will try to leverage hundreds of social media influencers to peddle Biden’s’accomplishments’ in the run-up to the 2024 Presidential Election. That shouldn’t take long. He doesn’t have any.

Why Does Cloud Computing for the Pharma Industry Require So Much Power?

July 28, 2022 Guest Contributor

The exponential increase in computing capacity, often referred to by technologists as Moore’s Law, has had a disruptive and transformative effect on virtually every major industry. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception.

Impact of Using the Internet on Students

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Guest Contributor

Students these days have come to rely on the Internet for a number of reasons. It’s fast, easily available, and contains a lot of resources. Many students use the web, but how much do we know about its effect on students? In this article, we go over some established impacts of using the Internet on students.

Why a smart TV is better than a normal TV

February 15, 2022 Guest Contributor

Technology truly is evolving constantly, and in 2007 we were able to witness the rise of the popular smart TV. Although there may not be a difference in physical features for a smart TV compared to a normal TV, even though newer smart TVs may look thinner, the possibilities that can be achieved are second … Read more

Are Your Kids Already Plugged Into the Matrix? Are You?

February 4, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The metaverse. Give your life over to some virtual reality world and get lost in it. That’s the topic. Living online. Existing in the digital universe. A place where virtual reality can take whatever from you can conceive and make you that thing.

The UN and Big Tech Team Up to Make Websites Dissapear!

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The United Nations is in the division business. That is, dividing you from your domain name if it decides your website promotes online extremism or hate speech. One call to your hosting company, and if they are of that big tech anti-free speech bent, your web address will no longer resolve anywhere online.

The Chinese Government Bans Sissy-Men On Television

September 4, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The tentacle of the Chinese Communist Party that “regulates” what people in that nation see on television has announced that broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics,”

GraniteGrok Reclaims #1 Spot in Alexa OnLine Digital Print Media Rankings in NH

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Christmas came early again this year for the ‘Grok. We have once-again reclaimed the number one spot in Alexa Rank for online digital print media traffic in New Hampshire.

Yes, Antifa.com Redirects to JoeBiden.com But I Don’t Think it Means Anything.

August 31, 2020 Steve MacDonald

There is a video quickly making the rounds online. In it, this guy is amazed, surprised, exasperated that when you type www.antifa.com as a web address and hit enter, it takes you to JoeBiden.com (and the donations page).

NH Senators Shaheen and Hassan Vote to Protect “Warrantless” Online Surveillance

May 18, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Democrats talk a lot about the right to privacy. New Hampshire’s Democrat Senators, Jeanne Shaheen, and Maggie Hassan have, though that is code for “abortions.” When it comes to your actual privacy, they’d rather government can spy on you (and not just the Feds.)

New Hampshire Legislature Considers Bill to Compel Online Speech

December 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Brookline Republican Jack Flanagan has a bill with all the best of intentions. HB1157 is an Act relative to liability of New Hampshire news media for failure to update stories on criminal proceedings. What does that mean? Media could be required to update stories under penalty of law.

The Union Leader Can’t Afford to Print the Saturday Edition Anymore

December 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Union Leader announced changes in today’s Saturday edition. If you are familiar with the paper you get that day, it is about as thin as a small-town bi-weekly gossip rag. So, their announcement that the print version is going buh-bye in 2020 is not surprising.

How Bad is it in Iran? They Turned Off the Internet to Hide it.

November 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The day after I wrote about rationing and riots in Iran, the Islamic Republic turned off the internet. Turned it off. Sanctions are driving the economy into a ditch. The regime will not abandon its terrorist proclivities. The people are taking to the streets, and some of them are dying.

Twenty Years of Communications Change

September 24, 2019
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The majority of the recent change is the result of advances in communications inter-connectivity. The ability of people to get a lot of information for free is very recent. Was this one of the biggest tactical blunders in history? Was this decision to give away access to knowledge for free a mistake?

Government Bureaucrats Control Public Education

Government Bureaucrats Control Education

September 8, 2019

Government bureaucrats control public education. Are you one of the people who object to much of what goes on in government operated schools? Are you also willing to tolerate it because that’s where you property taxes go? It sure isn’t free… but it’s paid for. Would you rather have an extra car, a boat, vacation … Read more