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AI isn’t making art. It’s selling us fake intimacy

AI isn’t making art. It’s selling us fake intimacy

Even an illusion has a basis in reality. Recently, I watched a cardinal attack its own reflection in a car mirror, mistaking its appearance for...

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Andrew Moore

Mars will need cowboys, not committees

Mars will need cowboys, not committees

In 1886, Friedrich Nietzsche published Beyond Good and Evil. One hundred and forty years later, the book still asks its original question: what...

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Michael Breeden

The House should reject delay of hemp regulations

The House should reject delay of hemp regulations

Congress has already taken the necessary steps to close the dangerous “hemp loophole.” Now, the House of Representatives has a simple choice:...

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Kristen A. Ullman

Flock safety called its critics ‘terrorists.’ Now it wants to be your privacy savior

Flock safety called its critics ‘terrorists.’ Now it wants to be your privacy savior

Surveillance tech vendor Flock Safety is making some changes to both its policies and messaging following months of backlash over its products —...

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Daniel Nuccio

On AI, let’s not replicate the gain-of-function failures

On AI, let’s not replicate the gain-of-function failures

I’m not a science guy, and chances are, neither are you. But when you start to notice that a series of controversial tech-related headlines are...

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Joe Borelli

Your doctor has to beg AI for permission to save your life

Your doctor has to beg AI for permission to save your life

The practice of medicine requires a high level of personal accountability. Physicians make life-or-death decisions every day, accepting the profound...

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Eric Wargotz

Gavin Newsom thinks UC professors are as stupid as he is

Gavin Newsom thinks UC professors are as stupid as he is

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is capable of deciding that he wants to run to become the leader of the free world, but the California governor can’t take...

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Tiana Lowe Doescher

A concise but rich history of rock ‘n’ roll

A concise but rich history of rock ‘n’ roll

“This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” General Motors adopted that advertising slogan in the 1980s to revitalize one of its storied brands, and...

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Jeremy Lott

Energy, infrastructure, and America’s hidden arms race with China

Energy, infrastructure, and America’s hidden arms race with China

In early 2022, China launched the Eastern Data and Western Compute initiative, a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s long-standing ambition to...

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Paul Sracic

From ‘kill her’ chants to broken ribs: Australia’s Trump moment is here

From ‘kill her’ chants to broken ribs: Australia’s Trump moment is here

Whether it’s the President Donald Trump assassination attempts, the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione, or the...

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William Nye

RFK Jr. wanted ‘gold standard’ science. mRNA just delivered it

RFK Jr. wanted ‘gold standard’ science. mRNA just delivered it

In less than three weeks, American medicine produced two milestones worth noticing. On Aug. 5, the Food and Drug Administration approved MFLUSIVA,...

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Arie Blitz

A technological revolution tests our experiment in self-government

A technological revolution tests our experiment in self-government

From Sumerian scribes to the Patriot Act, government is the management of information by institutions. A state’s reach is proportional to its...

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Dominic Green

A neglected book makes the case for birds

A neglected book makes the case for birds

At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about...

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Kara Kennedy

The irresistible lure of duty-free shopping

The irresistible lure of duty-free shopping

We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that...

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Rob Long

A nuclear renaissance could be an important Trump legacy

A nuclear renaissance could be an important Trump legacy

The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations,...

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Golden age or dark age? Trump and Vance are selling both

Golden age or dark age? Trump and Vance are selling both

Republicans are caught between a golden age and a dark age as they head into the midterm elections. Does America have the “greatest economy in our...

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Peter Laffin

Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should

Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should

Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative demands that we act only on principles that could hold as universal law. Apply that test to free-riding, and...

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Michael Breeden

‘Your labs look fine’: How medicine hides the crisis in women’s health

‘Your labs look fine’: How medicine hides the crisis in women’s health

Imagine seeing four doctors in three years and leaving every appointment with the same answer: your labs look “fine,” you’re probably just...

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Valerie Huber

Government should run like Chick-fil-a, not a court summons

Government should run like Chick-fil-a, not a court summons

In a free society, the waitress at the DMV does not face apathy and lethargy from her public servant. She is the sovereign. The clerk is her employee,...

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Michael Breeden

Dolly Parton: Tribute to an American icon

Dolly Parton: Tribute to an American icon

Dolly Parton was not, as I always think of her, an Aquarius. She was technically a Capricorn, as befits her indefatigable work ethic and prodigious...

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Clare Coffey

College sports might die before our eyes

College sports might die before our eyes

College sports are dying right before our very eyes, held together by strands of rules and integrity that are being clipped one by one. The latest...

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Zachary Faria

America doesn’t have to choose between China and going it alone

America doesn’t have to choose between China and going it alone

President Donald Trump’s China summit arrives amid heated AI competition with Beijing and a related debate over America’s semiconductor supply...

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Norm Seip

It shouldn’t take more proof to catch a fish than to vote

It shouldn’t take more proof to catch a fish than to vote

The November of my senior year in high school, I stayed up until midnight watching the 2020 election. The campaign season and election were...

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Grayson Ryland

Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall

Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall

Watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani carry on in New York, I am reminded of Lord Percy of Newcastle’s ominous definition 75 years ago of “social...

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Kelly Sloan

Trump is gambling the dollar’s future. His $20 billion crypto bet has fatal ‘Ripple’ effects

Trump is gambling the dollar’s future. His $20 billion crypto bet has fatal ‘Ripple’ effects

For over a decade, the U.S. government was a crypto whale. Thanks to dark-web busts and asset forfeitures, Washington quietly built a large digital...

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Eric Wargotz

What the data center backlash has in common with ‘Free Palestine’

What the data center backlash has in common with ‘Free Palestine’

A popular cause begins to gather steam. Originating from leftist activists, it attacks its target with unremitting focus and ferocity. The movement...

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Michael M. Rosen

The revolution will not be peaceful

The revolution will not be peaceful

Those who wish to breezily dismiss or ridicule the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America amid the organization’s ongoing hostile takeover...

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Guy Benson

Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly tempted to authorize provocations targeting NATO...

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Ani Chkhikvadze

Both parties are fighting for a weapon that will eventually be used against them

Both parties are fighting for a weapon that will eventually be used against them

Our political battles increasingly share a common theme: each side fears what the other will do when it controls the machinery of government. Battles...

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Steve Wolfer

Trump trusts Treasury to end the war that diplomacy will not

Trump trusts Treasury to end the war that diplomacy will not

The Pentagon may have ceased its offensive in Iran for now, but the latest front in President Donald Trump’s war on the dictatorship is global. In...

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Tiana Lowe Doescher

When a Christmas visitor is a raccoon

When a Christmas visitor is a raccoon

We all have our childhood Christmas memories. I think of dad reading ’Twas the Night Before Christmas and the nativity story from our massive family...

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Timothy P. Carney

‘Tony’ is an annoying, unimpressive biopic of Anthony Bourdain

‘Tony’ is an annoying, unimpressive biopic of Anthony Bourdain

I am an efficient but unspectacular cook. I have a sense of how long to sear a New York strip steak before putting it in the oven, and on a recent,...

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Peter Tonguette

Washington should have kept its Syria leverage

Washington should have kept its Syria leverage

The United States has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as the Trump administration seeks to shape an emerging new order in...

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Putin is testing NATO because he thinks the West will flinch

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Ivana Stradner

The NATO code to deter Russia: 82-173-6-16-11

The NATO code to deter Russia: 82-173-6-16-11

Desperate to end Western support for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his threats against NATO. Because Putin pays little heed...

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Tom Rogan

Just like Great American State Fair, Josh Shapiro struggles to tell truth on measles

Just like Great American State Fair, Josh Shapiro struggles to tell truth on measles

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) is the leader of the Keystone State. Millions of Pennsylvanians rely on him to advise them on important matters, government...

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Christopher Tremoglie

They rigged the maps to force you to pay for their ‘-isms’

They rigged the maps to force you to pay for their ‘-isms’

An “-ism” is simply what your mind is willing to put time and effort behind. In America, you may choose yours so long as it does not extinguish...

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Michael Breeden

Harry and Meghan are back to cash in on Britain’s $680 million royal lie

Harry and Meghan are back to cash in on Britain’s $680 million royal lie

Don’t look now, but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are returning to the United Kingdom and to the headlines. My reaction? As Valley Girls used to...

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Michael Levin

Your doctor took a 33% pay cut. Here’s who kept the change

Your doctor took a 33% pay cut. Here’s who kept the change

The big debate over American healthcare is stuck in a trap. Government officials treat Medicare like a simple math problem on a budget spreadsheet,...

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Eric Wargotz

Republicans want to cut it. Democrats want to fund it. Neither knows how to fix it

Republicans want to cut it. Democrats want to fund it. Neither knows how to fix it

America does not have a single healthcare crisis. It has affordability, access, and safety crises. Washington has divided them by party, and each...

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Eugene Litvak

Why losing an election breaks the Left (and why the Right survives it)

Why losing an election breaks the Left (and why the Right survives it)

As the fall election season takes shape, voters say the country is on the wrong track by 24 points. Yet when asked whether they feel optimistic or...

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Alex Tarascio

Harvested alive: Trump must step in before doctors farm humans for spare parts

Harvested alive: Trump must step in before doctors farm humans for spare parts

The recent announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that it will move to decertify one of the nation’s organ procurement...

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Mary Marslender

I fled Castro’s nightmare — this new wave of immigrants is importing it

I fled Castro’s nightmare — this new wave of immigrants is importing it

Democratic Socialists of America are all the rage. Its media-savvy candidates are competing for and winning primary and general elections against its...

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Emilio T. Gonzalez

The unfriendly skies

The unfriendly skies

You’re not imagining it: Air travel really is becoming more unpleasant. Sure, COVID-19, germophobia, and mask mandates were a short-term catalyst of...

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Timothy P. Carney

Disastrous reality

Disastrous reality

We’ve all become used to computer-generated scenes of disaster — of meteors thudding into the Earth with the force of a thousand nuclear...

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Hugo Gurdon

When every Hollywood cause becomes an anti-Israel cause

When every Hollywood cause becomes an anti-Israel cause

Free speech means the right to protest, criticize, and organize, including about Israel, including from Hollywood. It does not mean the right to be...

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Yuval David

Trump wants to kill the roadless rule: Trees aren’t worth more than lives

Trump wants to kill the roadless rule: Trees aren’t worth more than lives

The U.S. Forest Service filed a proposed rule today to erase a 25-year-old federal restriction covering nearly 45 million acres of national forest....

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Jay Rogers

I found the Democrat playbook. Republicans refuse to touch it

I found the Democrat playbook. Republicans refuse to touch it

I have kept quiet about this for far too long. I have worked in grassroots politics for decades — on local races, statewide races, presidential...

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Kimberly Fletcher