The mullahs mean their threats
By and large, the West has grudgingly accommodated Iran’s petulant malevolence
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The real threat of AI is spiritual
We’re primed to think of any existential threat from computers as fiction
What happens when AI surpasses humans?
Old technology doesn’t disappear because it’s bad: it disappears because it’s outcompeted
The race to superintelligence
Whoever owns the winning model will wield unimaginable power
Should AI have rights?
Some scientists believe they might be creating life
In the age of AI, humans must keep learning
We will need well-trained natural brains if we are to keep the artificial brains we have created under control
How should AI be regulated?
The mistakes and successes of earlier tech revolutions should be pondered
The 2020s are too far-fetched for fiction
There are too many loose ends. Too many vanishing subplots
The internet is dying and so are we
If we aren’t dead inside already, tech is doing its best
What’s the matter with Chicago?
The city was always corrupt. Now it is broken
Where is Jared Kushner?
To call the shots in Trumpland, it helps to operate behind the scenes
Inside Texas’s bold takeover of the American film industry
The Lone Star State is coming for the big, bright jewel of cultural capital
How progressivism killed American Protestantism
Time and again, ministry to the faithful took a back seat to left-wing orthodoxy
Why Mormons can’t get enough sugar
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are devouring the American dessert industry
Will we stop Saudi Arabia developing a nuclear weapon?
The Saudis have poured money into other people’s bomb-making programs
DoGE, alligators, public land and Mamdani mania
Despite Elon and Trump’s public fallout, DoGE is still slashing away at the federal workforce
Who replaces the ayatollahs if the Iranian regime falls?
Whatever happens, it seems unlikely that any regime change will be peaceful
Why President Trump can’t stop talking to reporters
‘He has to be, by a country mile, the most accessible president in the history of the presidency’
The lessons of Ron Paul
The former congressman showed what an anti-establishment campaign within the GOP could achieve
The lessons of Ron Paul
The former congressman showed what an anti-establishment campaign within the GOP could achieve
Can Clarksdale find its mojo again?
Bubba’s campaign had been a message of Christianity combined with doomsday prophecy
