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The Great Deflector (opens the original)
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Donald Trump has many failings — honesty chief among them — but he is a virtuoso at one thing: deflecting attention from his last screw-up. There is no better recent example than his announcement at the midterm Republican Convention that every American adult would get $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterms.Overnight, the story shifted. Instead of the failing Iran war he chose to fight, the suppressed Epstein files, ICE’s unlawful conduct in Minneapolis (where evidence has reportedly been sequestere
Ukraine Negotiations (opens the original)
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Many commentators have questioned the role of President Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in leading negotiations with President Putin and President Zelenskyy over Ukraine. The most common complaint over their role is that they lack the experience and expertise of professional diplomats who have worked with these two nations. After more than four years of war, 6 September 2026 was the first day Witkoff visited Ukraine.Witkoff has been a real estate agent, with decades of experienc
AI is No Substitute for a University Education (opens the original)
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There is enormous optimism about AI that almost matches a growing pessimism about the value of a university education. One version of the story goes like this: AI will wipe out so many white-collar jobs — from programming to teaching — that there will be far fewer opportunities for those graduating from universities. Both halves of this story rest on the same deterministic thinking, and both are misleading. I will continue to steer my grandchildren toward a university education, and here is why.
Elections in Wartime Ukraine: Democracy Requires Preparation (opens the original)
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For more than four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has been governed under martial law and has been unable to hold national elections under its existing legal framework. As the war continues, however, the question of Ukraine’s next elections is becoming increasingly prominent, both within Ukraine and in discussions with its international partners.This is not simply a debate about whether elections are necessary. Regular elections, political accountability and the ability of citize
John R. Pierce on AI (opens the original)
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[This essay about John Robinson Pierce has been written by A. Michael Noll and distributed here with his permission. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons.]In 1989, John R. Pierce (the father of Telstar) wrote an essay “What I Think About Artificial Intelligence.” His questioning of artificial intelligence from back then is still relevant today, in my opinion. His essay is in the collection of his papers at The Huntington Library. I will quote and summarize his essay here.<p class
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