The United States faces a critical technological innovation test. Artificial intelligence requires massive amounts of computing power to function. That computing power requires physical infrastructure. America must continue our decadeslong history of building mainframes and data centers to process information in order to maintain our global leadership. However, a growing political movement is actively trying […]
Roald Dahl was an unpleasant man — a snob, a racist, a cad, and a bounder — but at least he was consistent. His books are unpleasant, too. They are also funny, not least because comedy is cruel. Dahl’s theme was Charles Dickens’s theme, the cruelty of childhood. While Dickens wrote for sentimental adults, Dahl wrote for cruel children.
Air raid sirens and the threat of Russian missiles may not create the best environment for schooling, but it apparently is better than going to public school in San Francisco.
Many anti-charter state lawmakers have benefited, personally or via their kids, from the choice of something other than a standard public-school education.
