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The huge pluses and scary prospects as AI takes hold

The article you are about to read may or may not have been written by me. You can try to verify its authorship by calling me on the telephone. The voice that answers may or may not be me: It could have been constructed from my voice, so you won’t know. Fast forward a few years, maybe 40. ...

This is not the time for a shortage of healthcare workers

Winter is a busy time for impromptu hospital visits, whether from slipping on icy sidewalks or throwing out one’s back while shoveling snow. Then there’s the winter crud, which this year is particularly virulent. The CDC has reported that hospitalizations are up for influenza by 51 percent, ...

‘My Cousin Vinny’ has a point about the Iowa Caucuses

In the 1992 movie “My Cousin Vinny,” Joe Pesci’s character of lawyer Vincent LaGuardia Gambini has a scene where he takes out a deck of cards and uses it to illustrate to his defendant cousin, played by Ralph Macchio, how he thinks the prosecution’s case is weak and why he shouldn’t ...

Tenn. AG sues BlackRock over ESG investing

Breaking new legal ground in the escalating war between red-state officials and Wall Street investment firms, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti sued BlackRock on Dec. 18 for making conflicting statements on investment returns and giving “special consideration to environmental ...

Making SMART decisions to achieve ‘Dry January’ goals

While the holidays can be a joyous and festive time for many, others experience stress and social pressure that can lead to excessive drinking. This can be an especially challenging time for people in recovery from alcohol use disorder. In response to the relative excess of the holiday ...

U.S. can’t afford to forgo coal power

It’s not hard to sense that something extraordinary is happening in the United States. A belief that digital technology is nonessential may be making way for a new measure of its worth — the idea that it is playing a significant role in bolstering the nation’s economy. The evidence can ...