AI, Critical Thinking, and the Future of Freedom
University professors around the world are struggling to adapt to a student body that is, for the first time in history, able to generate essays and conduct other sophisticated tasks in just a few seconds by ordering an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot such as ChatGPT to roll up its digital sleeves and do the dirty […]
Alex Nowrasteh on Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border
Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute is the analyst of immigration that I most turn to when wanting to know the facts. So I was excited to see that he testified last week on the topic “Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border.” I should have anticipated what I learned while watching: he was the expert […]
SOS “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Two loyal donors responded to the red alert in our post this morning: “We Interrupt Our Regular Programming for This Important Announcement”. There, we explained the fundraiser was so far from where it needed to be that I might be forced to take no pay this year, which is unsustainable and would set the site […]
Why aren’t more people being sacked?
If central bankers are to defeat inflation, they must cool the labour market. For two years rich-world wage growth has added to corporate costs, sending prices relentlessly upwards. But as they began raising interest rates to slow the economy, policymakers hoped for an even rosier outcome. They wanted to achieve a “soft landing”, which involves […]
