Wikileaks

Could talking honestly & openly solve the world’s problems?

When we pull back the curtains on the “Monarchy of Montgomery County” or the Dayton City Commission, or even the inner workings of the Dayton Daily News on this site- we’re trying to get honest open discussion of issues. The whole Wikileaks discussion really centers on diplomacy about honestly working together- or being backstabbing dilettantes. Read More

The doors open to the back room of international politics

A sea change is coming to international relations- and social media will be the engine driving the movement. The latest release from Wikileaks is a fascinating look at the good ‘ole boy/country club that’s making decisions on how the world turns: A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the Read More

Where to draw the line on free speech.

I love the First Amendment, in fact, I was willing to stake my personal freedom and all I owned to defend my rights to protest. I’ve been jailed, persecuted, ridiculed and have continued to suffer the consequences of small minded people who never quite get what went on when I donned the mask and became Read More

Is Esrati.com the Wikileaks of Dayton Ohio?

It’s been interesting to watch how Wikileaks made the last big leak available, to traditional media first and the rest of us later. Wasn’t that the point of the web- access to everybody? But, in this information overloaded society- we still look to established sources and tools to evaluate and analyze data for us. The Read More