Marco Rubio has received an endorsement for the Republican presidential nomination from North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis as Rubio seeks to further consolidate support after a second-place finish in South Carolina and Jeb Bush's departure from the field.
Tillis' backing comes three weeks before North Carolina holds its own primary on the same day as four other states, including Rubio's home state of Florida. North Carolina is the 9th largest state by population, and its general election voters narrowly chose Mitt Romney in 2012 and Barack Obama in 2008.
I view Apple with almost as much loathing as I save for overzealous federal prosecutors. My last Apple phone was a lemon. The "Genius Bar" isn't. When I hear Apple extol its vaunted regard for privacy, I think of all the invasive personal questions my iPhone used to ask before I could download a free app. That was before I switched to Android. Liberated from 1 Infinite Loop — that's is Apple headquarters' precious Cupertino street address — I am free of owners' cultish reverence for all things iPhone.
So when I began reading CEO Tim Cook's open letter outlining the reasons why the most valuable corporation in the world would not submit to a judge's order that Apple help break the encryption on a terrorist's iPhone, I was ready to believe that Apple was putting its brand before public safety. But this is no black-and-white controversy. It's not: Apple thinks it doesn't have to obey court orders. And it's not: The government just wants to mess with Apple's encryption. It's more complicated.
