AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The Golden Thread and the Defense of the West
A few days ago, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation bestowed one of its storied Bradley Prizes on James Hankins, a sometime professor of history […] Source
NYTIMES (Yan Zhuang) - W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain.
NYTIMES (Jean-Marc Dreyfus) - The First Roundup of Jews in Paris, 1941
A new collection of photographs gives us a new picture of the Holocaust in France.
NYTIMES (Theo Baker) - My Classmate, ChatGPT
Lessons from the first graduating A.I. class.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Reuters) - Ebola outbreak worsens in Central Africa, but not pandemic: WHO
The DRC health ministry said on Friday that 80 people had died in the new outbreak in the eastern province.
NPR (Bobby Allyn) - New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.
NYTIMES (Ann Carrns) - ‘No Essay’ College Scholarships May Have Unseen Strings Attached
Unlike traditional financial aid, the prizes are awarded by random drawings. The websites, in turn, gain access to applicants’ personal information.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (David Brady) - Kevin Warsh’s Challenge
The new Fed chairman’s dilemma: Should he please the president or fight inflation? The post Kevin Warsh’s Challenge appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Kevin Warsh’s Challenge The new Fed chairman’s dilemma: Should he please the president or fight inflation? Kevin Warsh has a reputation as an inflation-hawk. He resigned from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2011 after it embarked on a second round of quantitative easing (QE) and became a critic of “institutional drift” at the central bank. This would presumably put him at odds with President Donald Trump, a fan of lower interest rates in his New York real-estate developer style, who has dismissed the idea of affordability politics as a “hoax.” Yet Warsh in recent weeks has set aside Warsh 1.0 in favor of Warsh 2.0, who echoes the president in calling…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - In Search of Undead Malls
The sacred endures, but all things profane pass away. The post In Search of Undead Malls appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture In Search of Undead Malls The sacred endures, but all things profane pass away. Last month, when I was in the Washington, DC, area for a week, there were two places I knew I wanted to make the time to see: the Washington National Cathedral and the Tysons Galleria shopping center in Fairfax County, Virginia. The combination of these two particular sights would not be at the top of every tourist’s list, but what can I say? The sacred and the profane have always intersected in interesting, unexpected ways in my life. The National Cathedral was, of course, as overpoweringly majestic as it had always appeared to me when I saw it during the televised state funerals of Ronald…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Spencer Neale) - Generation AI Has Its Doubts
Young Americans raised alongside artificial intelligence are growing uneasy about the future it promises. The post Generation AI Has Its Doubts appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Generation AI Has Its Doubts Young Americans raised alongside artificial intelligence are growing uneasy about the future it promises. Gloria Caulfield had expected a different reaction. Speaking at the University of Central Florida’s commencement ceremonies last weekend, Caulfield, the vice president of Strategic Alliances for Tavistock Development, had approached the microphone in long black and gold robes to speak positively about the sweeping improvements that artificial intelligence will bring to the next generation of workers and entrepreneurs. But what Caulfield had not considered was the simmering frustration…Open