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June 6, 2024
…oversaw Operation Overlord, the largest and most complex amphibious landing in history. How could the intricate plans and timetables required to pull off Normandy be useless? Is he saying he would have been just as…
May 31, 2024
…safety and everything to do with making abusive parents feel better about themselves. The word “protection” appears six times, while the word “support” appears 39 times. ACS notes that it…
May 30, 2024
…tightening in demand for computer science (CS) degrees increased anxiety among CS students and workers. As the New York Times reported, internships—on-ramps to job opportunities at major high-tech firms—are fewer…
May 30, 2024
…a “tax cut” 15 times. In reality, the policy was so tilted toward benefit increases it turned the IRS—America’s tax collection agency—into our country’s biggest welfare dispenser. Why are policymakers so eager to cast benefit…
May 29, 2024
…also echo the widely-repeated warning that no one at the end of life wishes they had spent more time at the office. Meanwhile, few critics seem aware that liberal lawmakers have…
May 24, 2024
…risk of people who have experienced homelessness is about 3.5 times higher than that of the housed population. The mortality risk differs within sub-groups of the homeless population and the…
May 23, 2024
…been forgone or forgiven during the Trump and Biden presidencies. With Tuesday’s addition of $7.7 billion, the tracker’s total now sits at about $405 billion. A single, one-time announcement of…
May 23, 2024
…resulted in millions of expanded benefit checks sent by the IRS in an election year. Not exactly subtle on the message or timing. For sheer scheduling chutzpah, it would be hard to…
May 22, 2024
…ignored precedent and increased SNAP benefit levels by about 23 percent—costing $200 billion more over 10 years—raising benefits without Congressional approval for the first time in the program’s history. The…
May 21, 2024
…GPT-4 was mistakenly identified as human 54 percent of the time, contrasted with ELIZA’s 22 percent. These findings not only highlight the strides AI has made but also underscore the…