Babydog is now permanently enshrined in West Virginia’s history and architecture. The image of Gov. Jim Justice’s beloved English bulldog appears, surprisingly, in one of the murals […]
Opinion
Louisiana’s ploy to display Ten Commandments
It took almost no time at all for the ACLU and other civil liberties groups to file federal suit against the state of Louisiana after GOP Gov. […]
The great powers are itching for another nuclear arms race. Who will stop them?
by Steve Andreasen In early June, the Biden administration announced a more “competitive” nuclear weapons strategy, after Moscow and Beijing reportedly spurned U.S. efforts to discuss arms […]
Biden, Trump will talk big, but how much can either really do?
by Andrew Reeves A new phase of this election season will begin this evening when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face off, and the […]
Who’s a ‘threat to democracy’?
People of a certain age will recall a time when after an election the losing side would usually accept the results and initially give support to a […]
As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?
Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are, and have always been, built […]
I’ve learned that it may be best to email like a cat
I’ve discovered that cats, extrusions of our human souls, have much to teach us about how to use email to our advantage.I send lots of emails. Too […]
Why Biden-Trump faceoff is so novel
Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be novel for many reasons. It will be the first debate between a current and a former U.S. […]
Someone needs to correct the papal prayerbook
There are lots of well-known quotes that for one reason or another get attributed to the wrong person. Winston Churchill, in particular, gets credited with some he […]
Investing in child care supports all of us
We have a child care crisis in the United States. And as a child care education provider, I know how to fix it: Put families first.The U.S. […]
