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The challenge of first impressions

I doubt I’m the only one who grew up hearing, “Make sure you make a good first impression.” At the time, I probably wondered whether that was my parents just being persnickety. It turns out they were right. This realization occurred when I reconsidered my take on a person I had ...

Environmentalists hold the key to mineral security

Now is the time for environmentalists to be vocal advocates of mining for minerals needed to make batteries for electric cars and solar and wind power. Also, they must join in a political coalition with miners and automobile workers to turn the tide in the climate fight. The idea is ...

Finding a path to healthy conflict

Spencer Cox, the new chairman of the National Governors Association, is promoting the idea of “healthy conflict.” The Utah governor has become concerned about the growing problem of toxic arguments in society. As the Washington Post reports, Cox wants people to learn how to “disagree ...

China using open-source microchip tech to threaten U.S.

American politics may be harshly divided along unbendable partisan lines, but one topic brings the two parties together: China. President Biden’s director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, said China “represents both the leading and most consequential threat to U.S. national ...