Everyone Likes Reading. Why Are We So Afraid of It?
Book bans, chatbots, pedagogical warfare: What it means to read has become a minefield.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/books/review/book-bans-humanities-ai.html?smid=em-share
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**** NYTimes.com: To Jail or Not to Jail
To Jail or Not to Jail
Rough sledding for Citizen Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/opinion/to-jail-or-not-to-jail.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: As Ties to China Turn Toxic, Even Chinese Companies Are Breaking Them
As Ties to China Turn Toxic, Even Chinese Companies Are Breaking Them
Companies are moving headquarters and factories outside the country and cleaving off their Chinese businesses. It’s not clear the strategy will work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/business/economy/china-business-tiktok-shein.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The Brotherhood of the Philandering Oligarchs
The Brotherhood of the Philandering Oligarchs
Thare are important political truths in the parallels between Trump and Berlusconi.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/opinion/trump-berlusconi.html?smid=em-share
*** NYTimes.com: If Democrats Win Back the House, They Will Have John Roberts to Thank rj
If Democrats Win Back the House, They Will Have John Roberts to Thank
The Supreme Court strikes a blow for democracy — and Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/opinion/milligan-voting-rights-2024.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes: It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News Have So Little to Choose From. Rj
It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News Have So Little to Choose From nyti.ms/43BKL54?smid=nytcore-android-share
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************* NYTimes.com: America Has a Chance to Make Farming More Climate Friendly rj
America Has a Chance to Make Farming More Climate Friendly
Legislators took a major step in making sure that American agriculture policy has a climate lens going forward. But the next Farm Bill could derail it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/opinion/climate-change-farm-bill-farmers.html?smid=em-share
************** NYTimes.com: Silicon Valley Confronts the Idea That the ‘Singularity’ Is Here rj
Silicon Valley Confronts the Idea That the ‘Singularity’ Is Here
The frenzy over artificial intelligence may be ushering in the long-awaited moment when technology goes wild. Or maybe it’s the hype that is out of control.
***** NYTimes.com: Oklahoma Breaches the Wall Between Church and State
Oklahoma Breaches the Wall Between Church and State
Religious liberty, not religious authority, should be the aim of the American right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/opinion/oklahoma-church-state-religion.html?smid=em-share