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The Collision Between Money and News " We Lose
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (930+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor The national debt stands at $39 trillion, and the interest on that will top $1 trillion this year. Very soon, the first trillionaire will thunder past the post, presumably Elon Musk. I have nothing against…...
AI Is Interested in You, So You'd Best Be Interested in It
1+ week, 58+ min ago (990+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor AI is everywhere. It is now affecting how people do their jobs and those jobs themselves. Even in jobs considered safe from automation, AI is shaping daily work, from running a hospital nurses…...
In the Turmoil, Challenges for Graduates in the Class of "26
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (956+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor Welcome to the world you will be taking jobs in and where you will begin building careers, and at times shaping history. There are three big forces looming on the horizon that will…...
Watch Out When the Political Class Forgets Cause and Effect
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (932+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor Anyone who has spent time in criminal court knows this: One of the characteristics of lawbreakers is a poorly developed sense of cause and effect. At the low end, the folly of the…...
The Electricity Future for New England: Uncertainty and High Prices
4+ week, 1+ day ago (937+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor These days, in terms of resources, New England is poorly positioned to make electricity. As Gregg Cornett, president of Rhode Island Energy, told me in an interview, it doesn't sit on abundant coal…...
A Revolutionary Calls Out the Utility Industry
1+ mon, 18+ hour ago (1080+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor We need to think about how it operates, how it'might operate,'and the technologies " including'artificial intelligence as a tool in its management as well as a demand stimulator " that could assist in developing'a…...
Democratic Graybeards Detail Tools Trump May Use To Negate Midterms
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (965+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor Most votes in the midterms will be counted, and Democrats believe the House will have flipped Democratic with a decent majority. They are daring to hope that the Senate, too, will be theirs....
AI's impact on working women
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (241+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor March 27, 2026 by There is an abiding faith that if someone is good at one thing, they must be good at many things. At heart, it is a belief that outside the metaphorical box,…...
Women Face Massive Layoffs as AI Use Spreads in the U. S.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (832+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor March is Women's History Month and a time to take a look at how women are progressing, or otherwise. Alas, the news for women in the United States isn't good, and the future…...
Entrepreneur Weir Says Kilowatts Need Liquidity To Be Banked, Traded Like Money
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1057+ words) News Analysis With a Sense of Humor Chase Weir isn't easy to unpack. But it is an endeavor that is worth it. Weir gives the impression of being a quiet, perhaps contained man. But when he talks, ideas flow, and…...