Today on Context Florida:
Legislation that the Florida House of Representatives approved last week cures what the U.S. Supreme Court specifically found wrong with Florida’s death penalty, but Rick Scott shouldn’t plan on signing any more death warrants soon, if ever. Several large questions linger, says Martin Dyckman. Will the Supreme Court uphold it? What will it cost? And what happens to the 389 people on death row?
One of the most talked-about narratives in U.S. politics, says Joe Clements and Matt Farrar, is that Democrats have an inherent advantage to digital campaigning over Republicans. It’s a story validated not just by the age demographics and tech sophistication of Democrats as a whole, but by digital missteps of Republican candidates on a national stage. That narrative may have played well in the ’08, ’10, and ’12 cycles, but to perpetuate it today would be to underestimate Republican candidates.
As we navigate the world of technology as professionals, Blake Dowling says we must remember that cyber threats are around every corner. The threats are real, and at the heart of these threats are the hackers themselves. What motivates someone to become a “hacker”? Money usually, he says, but other hackers are out there as modern-day Robin Hoods trying to expose some great “injustice,” such as what motivates the hacking group Anonymous.
