Potomac Institute CEO and Chairman Mike Swetnam blogs on current issues in the science and technology world at his site From the CEO. In his latest post, he asks whether we are all being inundated with "too much stuff" in the realm of technological gadgets.  Read From the CEO, post your comments and join the conversation!

The Potomac Institute Cyber Center blog features a new post on the "Dark Side" of Twitter, following the recent surge in the use of "Twitter-bots" to influence political campaigns and elections in Mexico and elsewhere. Could it happen here?  Click here to read about these new Twitter tactics on the PICC blogsite.

Dr. Tawfik Hamid is Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and is an Egyptian-born scholar and analyst. In an interview with Voice of America, he warned that the new Morsi government in Egypt could find itself embroiled in controversy as it takes on the country's military establishment.  In the interview, he tells VOA that  "the situation is very volatile now." Click here to read and listen to Dr. Hamid's comments.

Senior Vice President of Academic Programs and Research Jamie Barnett, Jr., RDML USNR (Ret.), serves on the executive advisory council for Mission: Readiness, a group of retired military officers dedicated to combating obesity and health problems in the young.  RDML Barnett is a leading advocate for youth fitness as a national security issue, raising awareness of the fact that increasing numbers of America's young people have become ineligible for military service because they are "too fat to fight." In an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," he made the case that improving youth fitness must be a national priority.  Click below to watch the interview in full.

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