As recently as two months ago, the Nobel Prize-winning economist James Robinson (2024) warned that Donald Trump’s policies put the country at risk of a full-scale economic collapse. Fellow laureate Paul Krugman (2008) claimed the president had already engulfed the country in a full-scale crisis. Joseph Stiglitz (2001 maintained that “we will lose this trade […]
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...
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
