Author: Jim
****** The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy – The Atlantic
[The Washington Post] The viral $16 McDonald’s meal that may explain voter anger at Biden
www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/24/bigmac-price-tiktok-biden-economy-inflation/
[The Washington Post] Surging GOP isolationism is a dreadful development in a dangerous time
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/01/vance-republican-isolationism-ukraine-aid/
[The Washington Post] Is the House GOP about to give Putin a pat on the back for his barbarism?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/03/house-republicans-putin-barbarism/
******** NYTimes.com: As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits
As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits
Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers are resistant.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/us/politics/ai-drones-war-law.html?smid=em-share
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/06/harvard-and-the-making-of-the-unabomber/378239/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
[The Washington Post] Milton Friedman, the last conservative
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/21/milton-friedman-last-conservative-revival/
[The Washington Post] Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone else
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/21/entitlements-retiree-benefits-taxpayers-borrow/
**** NYTimes.com: Why I Am a Liberal
Why I Am a Liberal
Perhaps more than ever, there is an urgent need for a clear understanding of liberalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/opinion/cass-sunstein-why-liberal.html?smid=em-share