It’s time for Gavin Newsom to send his electric-vehicle mandate to the junkyard. Public support has all but broken down for the governor’s 2020 executive order that by 2035,...
Kudos to President Trump for getting Canada to kill a blatantly unfair tax on US-based companies, but the fight against foreign meddling in America's...
The band Talking Heads are about to reissue their groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, which was first released in 1977. The Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino comes as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary. It’s a good moment for the Talking Heads to re-emerge, because they have always represented the creative […]
A plethora of analysts currently believe that a significant threshold in artificial intelligence models will be reached before the decade’s end. The most optimistic among them identify late 2027 or 2028 as pivotal, forecasting the emergence of artificial general intelligence during the Trump administration. Such predictions immediately encounter the challenge of clearly defining AGI. Most […]
July marks the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service, an institution that predates the Declaration of Independence. The U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress on July 26, 1775, thereby laying the groundwork for the modern Postal Service. USPS was later enshrined in the Constitution, with Article I, Section 8, […]
The internet has transformed nearly every corner of our lives. Commerce, communication, education, and civic participation have all flourished in the digital age. But while we’ve embraced these advancements, there’s one area where the internet has done lasting damage: privacy. The erosion of personal privacy has hit politically engaged citizens the hardest. Today, if you […]
With the Diddy trial winding down, pornography is in the spotlight, and the rapper’s apparent compulsion for explicit material puts him in bad company. What do Ted Bundy and Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger, for example, have in common? An obsession with violent pornography. Did Diddy allegedly abuse women and Kohberger murder people because of viewing […]
Vice President JD Vance’s speech in Munich may be the most important address by the second Trump administration so far. Vance’s critiques of European illiberalism and intolerance were evidently true, and the reaction they elicited was telling and worth remembering as the United States begins its 250th year. In the United Kingdom, it is illegal […]
