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States should make clean-energy lemonade

In 2026, Americans have been handed two lemons: a warming climate and an artificial intelligence data-center boom straining the nation's electricity and water systems. Maybe it's time to squeeze them together and make lemonade. First lemon: Temperatures are rising around the world. ...

Will AI bring about Doomsday?

In the satirical 1964 anti-war film "Dr. Strangelove," fears of a "Doomsday machine," an automated, unstoppable device programmed to trigger global nuclear annihilation if the Soviet Union is attacked, gripped U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American "war room." Predictions of ...

CLARITY Act failed, Bitcoin didn't

The Senate's rejection of the CLARITY Act was not simply another episode of Democrats opposing President Donald Trump or Republicans failing to maintain party unity. Nor was it a declaration that cryptocurrency has no future in the United States. The bill was overtaken by a more ...

Marriage deficit is economic catastrophe

The Beatles told us: "All you need is love." They were right, but along with love must come marriage. But marriage rates have plummeted, especially among young men. A Pulitzer Prize-worthy story by Sean Salai of The Washington Times crunches all the numbers. To say they are ...

US conflict is with inoffensive ally

President Trump's tariffs aren't popular, but he's found a way to make them even less so – a trade war with America's most inoffensive ally. When one thinks of countries that deserve to be subjected to a steady stream of insults (it's Lake America now, not Lake Ontario) and a punishing ...

How 9/11 changed America forever

A word about Sept. 11, 2001 – 25 years later. And the day that launched my career. My first ever column was written about 9/11 and the heroes who emerged from its ashes. It was also the place where I thought I was literally going to die, just a few years later, as a result of the ...