I'm far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I've worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations. In the September 2026 essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that AI "could ...
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million. The deal was widely ridiculed. Critics called it "Seward's Folly," after the secretary of state and lead negotiator, William Seward. In hindsight, given the state's immense natural resources and ...
Nancy Guy Bismarck Margaret Fitzgerald Fargo Volunteers, AARP North Dakota Executive Committee For millions of people, Social Security is much more than a monthly check. It is the financial security earned through a lifetime of hard work. Most of us have worked since we were teens, paying in at every step in our work lives. We’ve earned our Social Security. At a time when the cost of everyday essentials like groceries, housing, utilities and health care continue to rise, our peers tell us that those payments matter more than ever. And they don’t just matter to current ...
History yields people whose influence extends far beyond their earthly lives. They become teachers to generations they never met, spiritual companions to people whose names they never knew, and reminders that faith is not merely a set of propositions to be accepted but a way of life to ...
During a Sept. 1 preliminary hearing for the defendant accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, the defendant's attorney, Richard Novak, accused Kirk of "speaking hatefully of certain groups of people. He spoke hatefully of people who don't ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House's East Room. Most ...
