Clayton, a smart but extremely level-headed guy, is perfect as Trump’s point man and a nice contrast to the . . . eccentric characters who helm the top AI firms.
If you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem, the 2008 novel by the Chinese science-fiction writer Cixin Liu, you’ve probably seen or heard of others reading it — people on subways, people in airport terminals, or President Barack Obama, whose endorsement contributed to the book’s popularity in the United States. The book, a heady and dense […]
The Right and Left don’t agree on much these days. But over on X, people on both sides of the political spectrum recently united to lambaste conservative commentator Ben Shapiro for speaking some simple truths about the untenable trajectory of retirement. “No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, […]
Uber is a fact of urban life today. But not too long ago, summoning a cab through a smartphone app was a newfangled concept that threatened the status quo of tightly regulated, uncompetitive, unreliable, and often corrupt local cab sectors throughout the country. In Disrupting D.C., Katie J. Wells, Kafui Attoh, and Declan Cullen take […]
In this age of rampant divisiveness, distrust, and dissent, it should come as a relief when a diverse group of people agrees on something. But when the “something” that has been agreed upon is the existence of unidentified flying objects, or at least the possibility of their existence and their origin from outer space, it […]
I believe it was the critic Dwight Macdonald who first pointed out the prevalence of “how-to-ism” in American literature. It isn’t just that there are lots of practical manuals for cooking or gardening, succeeding in business or love, but that the instructional mindset permeates even the most celebrated novels. If you’ve read Herman Melville’s Moby […]
Hiring an attorney seems like a stressful process. The need for one does not usually arise from good fortune, and the prospect of losing a case looms large. Naturally, you want to find the best attorney to represent your needs and interests. You look at what law school they went to, what firm they work […]
After decades of speculation about network kingmaker Dan Schneider’s reign of terror over Nickelodeon, the Investigation Discovery documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV finally blows the lid off the network’s rot. Streaming service documentaries are a dime a dozen these days, and the sheer volume has diluted the wow factor of […]
Israel is nearly six months into its war against Iranian proxies in the Gaza Strip. It is the Jewish state’s longest war in four decades. Urban combat with a foe determined to use human shields has resulted in mass destruction and death. But in many respects, Israel’s greatest challenge will come the day after. Aristotle […]
New York City's high property taxes aren’t the result of discrimination; they’re just one example of a dysfunctional tax-assessment system that burdens homeowners and...
Those cheering the Biden administration’s electric-vehicle mandates or Gov. Hochul’s offshore wind farms would be wise to heed a painful and embarrassing lesson New...
Leonel Moreno, a self-professed Venezuelan migrant, espouses leeching off government resources and seizing homes using squatter's rights — it's so wild, it almost seems...
