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- Reading Orwell in the Age of AI May 4, 2026Prescient about the possibility of machine-generated writing, George Orwell’s life and work offer a deeper warning about the LLM era.Matt Johnson
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- How the Weak Prevail May 2, 2026From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.Scott Atran
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Category Archives: Politics
Death in Charlottesville, Virginia
It has come to this: The President of the United States had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making a statement condemning neo-Nazis in Virginia. This was not a mere abstract exercise. The neo-Nazis in question had staged a … Continue reading
The First Duty of Intelligent Men
“Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.” George Orwell With Orwell’s aphorism in mind I am reminded of when I served as a juror in a trial. It was a criminal case … Continue reading
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Charlie Gard, Requiem in Pace
There was a time not so long ago when courts would intervene if parents refused to get medical help for a gravely ill minor child. Now, in England, we have the case of Charlie Gard. In that case the courts … Continue reading
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The Impeachable Mr. Trump
It is now beyond dispute that the Russian government of Vladimir Putin sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. That the Russian government tried to subvert the American political process should come as no surprise—they’ve been … Continue reading
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The Unbearable Absurdities of Politics
The continuing absurdities of Progressive politics are on full display in New York City and Chicago. Let’s start with New York. Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway project will take riders between 96th and 63rd Street at a … Continue reading
The Korean Peninsula
The Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations all pretty much followed the same policy with respect to North Korea, which was to attempt to bribe North Korea into giving up its nuclear program in exchange for food and cash. Any remote … Continue reading
The President is Not Well
After the latest Tweet storm initiated by President Trump, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinsky said out loud what pretty much every sensible person knows. The President of the United States is mentally unstable. The stunning video below, from today’s “Morning … Continue reading
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Rhetoric and Political Violence
On January 8, 2011 a mentally disturbed man named Jared Lee Loughner shot 18 people, killing 6. Those wounded included Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, who represented Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Loughner, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic was initially found, … Continue reading
Climate Warriors
To no one’s surprise, President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate accords has been greeted by the pre-packaged fury of the climate lobby along with the usual apocalyptic warnings of impending doom. In the event, the environmental left professes … Continue reading
Somebody is Lying
One of the most pernicious notions that has taken hold in modern pop culture is the Nietzschean claim, echoed by the post-modernists, that there are no facts, only interpretations. And since there is no such thing as truth, there is … Continue reading