"We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!" says President Donald Trump. That would be nice. But when I look at these programs' balance sheets, I don't see how he's protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money. Politicians mostly ignore ...

My friend Kristie went out on a girl’s night and took a picture of her group hanging out with Elvis. The photo was a blurry, so she—cue in unnerving music here–asked AI to enhance the picture. A few seconds later PRESTO! She and her friends had all become Asian women, including Elvis! ...

PITTSBURGH -- In April 1894, a ragged column of unemployed men attempted to come through Pittsburgh on the way to Washington. They called themselves Coxey's Army. It was a protest march of jobless workers led by Jacob Coxey, an Ohio businessman, and they were marching on the Capitol. The ...

Latin American democracy is being put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. At stake is whether the left-wing government in either country can countenance the idea of legitimate opposition. The day after losing Brazil's presidential election, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro had his personal ...

On the ballot in November the Utah legislature has put before voters a constitutional amendment that would make Utahn's fight against data centers even more difficult.  This spring, the Stratos Project was revealed to Utahns. As proposed, it would be the largest data center complex in the ...

About 2,500 years ago back in Ancient Greece, a guy by the name of Socrates started to think that this brand-new idea called democracy might have some shortcomings. He compared a democracy to a ship. If the crew voted for the captain, you’d get a much different outcome than if the passengers ...