You can't be cruel to a toaster; inanimate objects don't feel pain. You can't be cruel to a computer program, either, even if programs like Microsoft Word often seem pretty cruel to us. Yet the artificial intelligence company Anthropic insists its product is different: Starting ...
Churchill said that "wars are not won by evacuations," and sometimes, he might have added, they are simply embarrassing. The U.S. hastily flew its B-1 bombers out of RAF Fairford in the U.K. for fear of a potential Iranian drone attack, the latest in a series of successful Iranian operations ...
It seems like everyone wants to be a social media influencer these days. Researcher Matthew Simoneau surveyed middle and high school students from 2021 to 2024 and more than 60% of them said they wanted to be social media influencers. People think fame and fortune will make them happy. ...
CNN's data analyst Harry Enten said something interesting last week. He said Republicans have a stubborn habit of outperforming their September polling in the states that decide control of the Senate. He is right, and reiterated a point I have been making for some time that leads me to ...
The widening conflict involving the United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis is no longer merely a Middle Eastern war. It is becoming a contest over the international order itself, with Russia and China operating increasingly in the shadows and avoiding direct ...
NEPA overhaul should cut red tape, not corners Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille Mandaree January 20, 2025, President Trump initiated an overhaul of the National Environmental Protection Act through Executive Order 14154, "Unleashing American Energy.” The order specifically directed the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to provide new NEPA guidance, propose rescinding its regulations, and coordinate agencies as they rewrote their own NEPA procedures. NEPA is the only measure for the general public to give direct input on federal projects that impact our lands, that's why it's being ...
