In the "Terminator" movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation's nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ...
Like most Americans who were adults on Sept. 11, 2001, my life is divided into "before" and "after" 9/11. I awoke to a phone call from a friend at the airport, where her flight had been canceled, and turned on the TV just a few minutes before the second plane hit the World Trade Center ...
It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week, as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first ...
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or go to school. About 870,000 families ...
I had the opportunity to attend the Marshall County Food Access meeting this week at the ISU Extension Office. Meetings are held quarterly. You would be surprised at how many people and groups are working their tail off to help people have access to food. Food banks, little food boxes that you ...
From natural disasters to political, agricultural, scientific and technological revolutions, certain events change the course of human history. This year, we celebrate 250 years since America’s founding patriots signed the Declaration of Independence. Since then, generations of Americans ...
