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Wed, December 6, 2023 | 19:23

Banning China from owning US farmland will achieve nothing

Banning China from owning US farmland will achieve nothing

CHICAGO - In March, a group of United States senators introduced the bipartisan Protecting America's Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act, which would prohibit any entity “owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary” from leasing or purchasing public and private US farmlands.

2023-04-20 16:25

The Middle East's marriages of convenience

The Middle East's marriages of convenience

TEL AVIV - As the United States focuses on its showdown with Russia in Ukraine and its escalating competition with China, the Middle East has been left to run its affairs the way it always has: with marriages of convenience between rival powers. These are not Catholic-style “holy matrimonies,” comprehensive and permanent, but coolly pragmatic deals to survive through short-te...

2023-04-20 16:25

Maybe AI needs to write its own dictionary

An explosion of interest in artificial intelligence is irking a lot of people concerned about the encroachment by computers into human domains such as visual arts, music, and literature. More recently, even the terms we use to describe these systems don't sit well with some who take issue with digging up old words for new uses or anthropomorphizing machines.

2023-04-20 16:10

As a San Diego neurosurgeon, I see the devastating toll of the raised border wall

At 2 in the morning and while I was caring for my hospitalized patients, my pager went off. The message was short: “30-year-old male. Unstable spinal fracture after border fall.” I think of all the similar pages I have received in my three years as a resident physician in neurosurgery in San Diego: young individuals with life-changing severe injuries that they sustained falli...

2023-04-19 16:10

Ukraine's spring offensive already faces high stakes. The Discord leaks make them higher

The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers' chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician, produced headlines last week about a host of revelations including secret Russian military plans and U.S. espionage against allies like Israel and South Korea.

2023-04-18 16:20

Does AI mean the 4-day workweek is almost here?

I'd like to work four days a week instead of five. Wouldn't you?I'd take Fridays off. The way I imagine it, it'd be just a few years from now. A robot in a butler's uniform would serve us drinks in the backyard on what used to be just another workday. I'd toss a ball around with the kids while ChatGPT did their homework for them.

2023-04-18 16:10

The gun debate isn't hopeless. Just look at Tennessee

“We're not going to fix it.” That instantly infamous line, delivered by a Republican congressman in the wake of a mass shooting at a private school in Nashville last month, was supposed to be the lesson learned by anyone hoping for a robust response to another mass murder. Dispensing with thoughts, prayers and other feints in the direction of social or political responsibilit...

2023-04-17 16:00

Abortion pill ruling means more painful, later terminations

The conservative 5th Circuit has blocked part of a Texas judge's decision to pull abortion drug mifepristone off the market, but leaves in place onerous and outdated restrictions that the Food and Drug Administration determined in 2016 were medically unnecessary.

2023-04-16 16:10

Elected leaders in Israel, Poland, and Hungary are following the 'autocrat's playbook'

Elected leaders in Israel, Poland, and Hungary are following the 'autocrat's playbook'

A couple of weeks ago, as I moderated a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House on the heated battle to control Israel's courts, the talk turned to “the elected autocrat's playbook.”

Shim Jae-yun | 2023-04-13 16:20

Whatever happened to the metaverse?

When you first glide into Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality app from Meta Platforms Inc., you're greeted with a vivid cityscape and portals into worlds with labels like “adventure” and “comedy.” On a recent visit to the “adventure” world, I zoomed around a town in the Wild West toting a Colt single-action army revolver and occasionally trading shots with three other avatars...

2023-04-13 16:10

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