| Jan 23, 2019 | Economy / BusinessWe humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and CEO of SpaceX rockets. Musk isn’t merely reacting to humanity’s recent tendency to elect lunatics to lead our countries. Rather, he’s trying to warn...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyWe either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry. That’s the conclusion of another new blockbuster study on climate change, this one from the National Academy of Sciences. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study details, has made for the fastest...
| Jan 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyJanuary 15th marked what would’ve been Dr. Martin Luther King’s 90th birthday. Most known for his famous “I Have Dream Speech,” King envisioned a future in which deep racial inequalities — including deep economic inequality — were eradicated....
| | Economy / BusinessWith chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here at home, the last thing we need is another big challenge. But — look out! — here comes a doozy! It’s AI — artificial intelligence — the fast-evolving...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthIn the new film Isn’t It Romantic, actress Rebel Wilson plays a woman who suffers an injury and wakes up trapped inside a romantic comedy. The trailer shows one incredibly attractive man after another making romantic gestures to her. Rebel Wilson, I should note,...
| Jan 15, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAs the government shutdown drags on, the image of federal workers lining up at food pantries has dramatized just how many workers live financially close to the edge. By one estimate, almost 80 percent of U.S. workers live paycheck to paycheck. Miss one check and...
