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***** NYTimes.com: Justice Alito Is Right About One Thing
Justice Alito Is Right About One Thing
There cannot be compromise on the question of American democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/opinion/samuel-alito-comments-recording.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: What Happens to Gifted Children
What Happens to Gifted Children
Intelligence strongly correlates with positive educational and career outcomes, but it is not everything.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/gifted-children-intelligence.html?smid=em-share
******** NYTimes.com: What J.D. Vance Believes
What J.D. Vance Believes
In a long conversation, the first-term senator from Ohio talks about Trump, populism, the 2020 election, Ukraine and the Republican V.P. slot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/opinion/jd-vance-interview.html?smid=em-share
*** NYTimes.com: Trump Would Be Long Gone if Only We Could …
Trump Would Be Long Gone if Only We Could …
It was never going to be easy to get voters to abandon their hero.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/opinion/trump-biden-democrats-strategy.html?smid=em-share
****** China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves
The Biden administration’s steep new tariffs are a rational response to Xi Jinping’s aggressive economic policies. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/05/china-tariffs-electric-vehicles-trade-war/678385/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYeCl13Gb-XolC2ZUvXD51wk&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** NYTimes.com: Former Wisconsin Prison Warden and Employees Charged in Inmate Deaths
Former Wisconsin Prison Warden and Employees Charged in Inmate Deaths
Inmates had complained about a monthslong lockdown that cut them off from family members and timely medical care.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/waupun-prison-warden-deaths.html?smid=em-share
***** NYTimes.com: Boys Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth Having
Boys Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth Having
Modern boyhood is an apprenticeship in loneliness.
**** NYTimes.com: Will A.I. Be a Creator or a Destroyer of Worlds?
Will A.I. Be a Creator or a Destroyer of Worlds?
The implications for politics reach well beyond deep fakes.
***** [The Washington Post] Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
Artificial intelligence, data centers and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s aging power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up.