A Different Take: Our Robot Hellscape Awaits Us
Roberto Parada As you all know, I think that intelligent robots will eventually take over all human work. The standard take on this—which I repeat in my recent article—is that even if this produces mass unemployment in the medium term, it will be great in the long term. No more work! We can all live…
Federal Court Halts Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members
Robin Rayne Nelson/ZUMA Wire A federal court has temporarily halted the Trump administration policy that would keep transgender men and women from serving in the US armed forces, a move that could affect thousands of service members and aspiring recruits. In August, President Donald Trump told the Pentagon to reverse an Obama-era policy that had…
Robert Mueller Releases Information Showing Trump Campaign Tried to Collude With Russia
Special counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.Andrew Harnik/AP On Monday morning, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller announced the indictments of former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, President Donald Trump tweeted, “There is NO COLLUSION!” But soon after that, Mueller’s office released a “statement of offense” outlining one…
Ed Gillespie Just Gave a Speech to the NAACP. It Sounded Nothing Like His Real Campaign.
Steve Helber/AP Something was missing when Ed Gillespie spoke to members of the Virginia NAACP Saturday in Richmond. Gillespie, the Republican candidate for governor, talked about education and jobs and the “school-to-prison pipeline.” He talked about second-chances for convicted felons and sentencing reform. He emphasized how eager he was to work with black leaders if…
Wanted: Conservative Takes on the Robot Revolution
Roberto Parada It’s been interesting to read the feedback so far to my recent piece about artificial intelligence and robots. Four years ago, when I first wrote about it, I got a fair amount of pushback. This time around, virtually everyone who’s responded has been cheering me on. Is this what it feels like to…
Quote of the Day: I Voted For That Train To Go Somewhere Else
California’s bullet train, currently scheduled to begin operation sometime in the 23rd century at a cost of 5 trillion quatloos, is having trouble. The LA Times reports that the latest problem is that practically everyone—and I mean everyone—is suing to make sure the train doesn’t go anywhere near their neighborhood: Over the last half-dozen years,…