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Sun, October 1, 2023 | 10:45

Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on a 'house divided' speak to our current national discord

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We're a house divided against itself and in danger of collapse. We see dire prognostics about America's future due to an array of differences - religious, racial and economic, to name a few. Assessing the ...

2023-06-27 16:00

Biden can't just slip a new Iran deal past Congress

If it looks like a deal, and smells like a deal, then Congress has the power to reject it. That is the message lawmakers are sending the White House as administration officials try to strike a new bargain with Iran over its nuclear program. President Joe Biden should pay heed, or risk making the same mistakes as his two predecessors - and doom any agreement to failure.

2023-06-26 16:00

Fear not AI, fear certain people

It's 2036, tens of thousands of artificially intelligent machines around the world, capable of generating their own power and with neural networks instantly linked by trillions of connections, decide to unleash poisons and diseases to destroy the intellectually inferior human pest. Far-fetched?

2023-06-25 16:00

Before Donald Trump's indictment, there was Nixon VP Spiro Agnew's plea in 1973

The news has been full of concerns about the fate of our republic following the indictment of former President Donald Trump. There have been questions about the politicization of criminal laws and the credibility of the judiciary, the polarization of the electorate and threats of violent domestic reaction.

2023-06-22 17:00

Forcing rape victims to pay for emergency medical care is devastating and cruel

In the summer of 2021, a woman seeking an abortion came to the Texas clinic where I worked as a physician. She'd been raped and was 15 weeks pregnant. I was the first medical provider she had seen since being assaulted. She told me she hadn't gone to the emergency room after her rape because she was uninsured and afraid of racking up a huge medical bill.

2023-06-22 16:00

Comparing Donald Trump with the 'Glen Burnie man' who went to prison

While Donald Trump was president, the Department of Justice went after Harold T. Martin III - known variously in news headlines as “Glen Burnie man” and “NSA contractor” - for hoarding highly classified documents in his house, in his car and in the dusty, unlocked shed in his backyard.

2023-06-22 15:40

Why Biden should rethink aligning with India's prime minister

Twenty one years ago, massive anti-Muslim violence broke out in India's Gujarat state.

2023-06-21 16:00

Why Schwarzenegger, Stallone and nostalgia for '80s action movies are back

Threats from Moscow. Rampant inflation. A deadly disease resisting eradication. Worries about the replacement of American workers. Sly. Ahnold.

2023-06-20 16:00

Avoiding disaster by mandating AI testing

Bad weather rarely causes a plane to crash - but the low probability of such a crash isn't because nature lacks the power to send a plane woefully off course. In fact, as recently as 2009, a thunderstorm caused a crash resulting in 228 deaths.

2023-06-19 16:00

The PGA-LIV merger isn't the problem. Golf is

The recent merger of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf ended a long battle between the two, typically framed as a struggle between pure, upright American values and brute economic, political and even murderous force. Many associated LIV backers with 9/11 and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

2023-06-18 16:00

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