On September 30, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will host her regional counterparts at a “pro-nuclear summit” at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, for the public to supposedly learn about the so-called safety and benefits of “advanced” nuclear energy. Protesters will be there in droves, led in part by the Clamshell Alliance, which began exposing the perils of atomic energy half a century ago. The dangers nukes pose haven’t changed; 21st century marketing has.
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Do you remember the Wendy’s commercial where the lady asked the question, where’s the beef? Clara Peller, an actress made that line famous. At one point years ago, that was a popular tagline.
Trump has a way of speaking truth without knowing it and his renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America is a SHAME!
Humanity may be approaching one of the strangest crossroads in its history: authentic ignorance confronting artificial intelligence. Yet authentic ignorance must never be confused with stupidity, intellectual incapacity, or the absence of common sense. Authentic ignorance begins with the most consequential confession ever uttered by humankind: “I do not know.” But humanity seldom stopped there. What lies beyond the horizon? What are the stars? What causes disease? What resides inside the atom? What makes us human?
Troy Davis’s Ghost Still Speaks After All These Years
Don’t Blame AI Without Blaming the People Behind it
Donald Trump’s promise to send American adults a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress deserves more than ridicule from Democrats.
When the United States military sets out to demonstrate its power, the language in Washington is often clinical and reassuring. Precision strikes and restored deterrence sound manageable. The bills tell a less comforting story. In a Sept. 15 assessment, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the war against Iran had cost the Pentagon about $38 billion through Aug. 1. Americans deserve to know what that enormous commitment is buying beyond the capacity to keep fighting.
Yet inequalities persisted. Economic gaps remained between men and women and between white and Black Americans, while unequal access to personal liberties continued. Institutional segregation endured as well, reinforced by disparities in local school funding. Bias against LGBTQ Americans added another dimension to the unfinished struggle for equality.
(Now the Full Satire Alert): In a move sending shockwaves through the Republican party, a top‑secret document recovered from a White House shredder reveals plans to rename the GOP the Trumpublican Party any day now. Plans call for a name‑change celebration on Hallowe’en, timed so the president can hand out gold‑foil chocolate coins bearing his profile to trick‑or-treaters on the South Lawn.