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Kathleen Frydl in The Conversation: The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country
The problem with American politics isn’t polarization—it’s rising illiberalism. Stephanie Slade in the Reason: Something is broken in our politics. Just about everyone knows it, but it can be hard
“I don’t agree or endorse all of them. However, rest of them ring the bell here.” IRSHAD SALIM: American Senator Bernie Sanders –critics dub him a ‘socialist millionaire’ keeps adding
Six Months Before the US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, a Congressionally-Created, Nonpartisan Study Group Warned: “A rash and rushed approach could increase the chances of a breakdown of order in Afghanistan.” By Ambassador
Artificial intelligence systems can process vast amounts of data in seconds, but they can’t make sense of the world or explain their decisions. David Ferrucci wants to change that. Steve
Continue readingOne Man’s Dream of Fusing A.I. With Common Sense
According to IR textbooks, the United States, Russia, and China are on a collision course, writes Matthew Kroenig in the Foreign Policy. He’s deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft
Continue readingCOMMENT: ‘International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming’
Gentlemen, I’m putting the two of you on the hot seat with me. I want that third alternative!—Captain James T. Kirk, USS Enterprise, Stardate 3289.8 by Michael Liss at 3QuarksDaily:
Continue readingThird Alternatives: A Brief History Of Third Party Candidacies
Relatively little has been known about the President’s father, whose story reveals a family’s fraught relationship with money, class, and alcohol. “All children are shaped by their parents,” Adam Entous
Alexandra Jacobs at the NYT: The most famous TV ad in the Orwellian year of 1984, carefully themed to the novel named for this year, was for the Apple Macintosh
Continue readingRETAIL GANGSTER: Crazy Eddie’s Life Was Insane!
Olivia Newton-John, a legendary Australian singer and an actress remembered as one of the kindest and most selfless stars in Hollywood, passed away earlier this week. Newton-John died Monday morning
Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today. Clive Thompson in Smithsonian: Steven Preister’s house in Washington,
Continue readingWhen Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’
“I let my campers pick a fun Bollywood song to choreograph themselves. They loved it, and it freed up my schedule for utter nonsense; I reached Nirvana, achieved moksha, united
Continue readingMy Hot, Rowdy Indian Summers at Hindu Youth Camp