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What America Thought About Itself in 1976
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (258+ words) Americans were ready to have fun during the American Bicentennial in 1976. Surprised? You might think it was a country still gloomily obsessed with the Vietnam War and Watergate. Maybe it still kind of was. But Americans also thought better days…...
When It Comes to Vaccines and Autism, It Is User Error Not AI Disinformation
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (298+ words) But don't take my word for it. Ask Chat GPT, Gemini, Claude, or Copilot whether vaccines cause autism. Each replies no and provides the evidence to back the conclusion. Published evaluationsof chatbot vaccine answers reach the same result, rating default…...
Numbers, Seashells, and Social Media: New Case Sheds Light on Comey's Threat Indictment
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (217+ words) Last month, the numbers "86 47" mysteriously appeared in the National Mall's grass. A White House spokesperson quickly responded that "anyone who engages in or endorses political violence or assassination culture must be condemned in the harshest terms possible." The US Department…...
The Dollar, Safe-Haven Demand, and the Iran War
3+ day, 26+ min ago (302+ words) In this note, we assess whether the dollar's rise'at the conflict's start'was'owed'to its safe-haven status or to higher oil prices. 'The short answer: both. 'We also show that the most recent rise in the dollar'was owed'to neither its safe-haven status…...
AI's Steady Compounding
3+ day, 24+ min ago (218+ words) Three things: First, whatever might be happening with benchmark performance and frontier model release, prediction markets aren't suggesting the Singularity is nigh, or at least not more nigh than it was back in January. Third, it remains early days as…...
We're Letting China Steal Our Future
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (376+ words) Last week, Anthropic accused Alibaba of'illicitly extracting AI capabilities'by training its inferior model on Anthropic's superior model. This is hardly the first such accusation. In February,'Open AI made a similar claim about Deep Seek. In April, there was a…...
Emergency Spending and the Case for Timely Defense Funding
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (267+ words) Our latest estimate for Operation Epic Fury is $38. 6 billion." Table 1 shows the cost drivers by category, along with an estimate for Operation Southern Spear and a lump-sum amount for repair of bases and facilities in the Middle East. To lend…...
Discussing America's founding: Yoo on Fox News' 'Life, Liberty & Levin'
4+ day, 17+ min ago (65+ words) Nonresident Senior Fellow John Yoo discusses America's founding on Fox News' "Life, Liberty & Levin.' The post Discussing America's founding: Yoo on Fox News' "Life, Liberty & Levin' appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI. Discussing America's founding: Yoo on Fox News…...
The New German Social Security Reform Proposal
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (110+ words) One must express admiration for Germany on their clean, comprehensive, balanced and largely sensible Social Security reform proposal, compared to the continued inaction in the US. BY Mark J. Warshawsky ON 18 Jun 26 Last week, the trustees issued their annual reports on…...
America's AI Future Rests on Nuclear Power
1+ week, 1+ day ago (582+ words) The United States is on the verge of two revolutions: Both are driven by artificial intelligence. AI is driving a revolution in business, where companies are learning the new AI economics that promises to establish new market leaders in almost…...