Right now, somewhere in the political world, someone is contemplating a race for president of the United States, not as a loyal Republican or a loyal Democrat, but as an independent. The year 2028 looks ripe for such a campaign. By the time campaign season rolls around in 2027, the political ...
Last week鈥檚 column about phone use drew some reactions. Here are a few of the emails/texts I received: Q. Thank you! I have a 14-year-old, and we fought about phone use on the regular. I read your column of March 5th and took the suggestion of creating a contract with our daughter. We sat ...
Before three-point shots and slam dunks, a basketball game was played in Kentucky between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats. Back then, in the late 1950s, Kentucky was the center of the college basketball world. Rupp was a celebrated coach, a wizard ...
Q. The Olympics are over and I鈥檓 bored. I don鈥檛 know what to do with myself. It鈥檚 not really that the Olympics are over as much as my parents monitor my social media use on my phone and Chromebook. And I鈥檓 allowed to watch only the TV they approve 鈥� which is how I got so into the ...
Things are starting to look like we may be the only species that has a chance to stop its own potential demise. The apes never held hearings about Homo sapiens taking over, but Congress, Silicon Valley, and cable news talking heads are debating the future of artificial intelligence. ...
At Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Trump, speaking of the Democratic lawmakers in the House chamber, proclaimed, "These people are crazy. I'm telling you, they're crazy." Not so fast, Mr. President. Here are two examples of real crazy. Both originate with the president ...
