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What might have saved Gaza?

Could the destruction of Gaza after October 7 have been avoided? The answer is yes - had Hamas so wished. First, if the Hamas leadership had simply complied with Israeli demands to (a) return the 251 hostages and (b) surrender the architects and perpetrators of the massacre of some 1,200 ...

We must tread carefully with AI

The Frankenstein movie is one of my favorites. The book was written in 1810. The author could be credited with either having a great imagination or for being a genius visionary. Could AI be the 21st-Century version of Frankenstein? The traditional story starts with Victor Frankenstein, a ...

Museum tells story of former first lady

Most people meet Wytheville, Virginia, zooming past it at 70 mph. On East Main, Skeeter's has been selling hot dogs with mustard, onion and chili since 1925. Sit at the counter at Skeeter's, and you are in the same building where a future first lady was born. Farron Smith owns ...

Prosecutor's job is investigate, evaluate

The hardest decision a government prosecutor may ever face is also one of the most important tests of the rule of law: What do you do when you believe a crime occurred, and you believe you know who committed it, but you do not believe you can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and ...

Supply chain needs rethinking

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Anduril, spoke with Joe Rogan a while back and it should be required listening at the Pentagon. America won that war because it designed weapons around what its factories could already build. War planners knew what grades of steel and aluminum General ...

Public parks aren't development opportunities

I thought the University of Louisville had listened. Two years ago, the university hosted public meetings about the prospect of developing Stansbury Park, a historic Olmsted-designed park at the edge of campus. The community pushed back, and the idea seemed to disappear. Then, in ...