The public uprising: Bernhard Poerksen's critique of DER SPIEGEL's debate culture

For the past year and more, media studies professor Bernhard Poerksen has been observing and critiquing DER SPIEGEL. In this final essay, he takes a look back at his work, responds to the hundreds of ...
Recycling Today

Southeast Asia has recovered paper examples to consider

Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection rates in nations with developing economies. Industry consultant Bill Moore ...
American Enterprise Institute

A Critique of the Urban Institute’s Panel Study on Land Use Reforms to Impact Housing Supply: Evidence of Severe Methodological Gaps

This paper critically evaluates the Urban Institute’s Land Use Reforms and Housing Costs (2024) study, which aims to link zoning reforms to housing supply using machine-learning analysis of newspaper ...
Forbes

Will Video Introductions Replace College Essays In The Age Of AI?

Students increasingly have the option to submit a video introduction, recorded on their phone or laptop, with their college application. This is a way for admissions officers to get a better idea of ...
Reason

Democrats Are Proposing a 'Robot Tax' To Save Jobs From AI. Here's Why It Won't Work.

There's a reason you've never heard of a Model T tax. No one proposed a levy on the cotton gin or a fine for using computers. America's prosperity came from embracing innovation, not taxing it. Now ...
The Verge

Aligning those who align AI, one satirical website at a time

A new center uses humor to point out the tangled web of those focused on making AI safe with AI companies themselves. A new center uses humor to point out the tangled web of those focused on making AI ...
csis.org

NATO’s “Brain Death” in The Hague

It’s generally unwise to initiate a fight you are unlikely to win. That is a principle that military officers generally try to adhere to. As for NATO’s political leaders, apparently not. NATO has just ...
Slate

The Corporate Court

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In an extraordinary and unusual dissent ...
Essence

We Don't Need To Destroy Gayle King To Preserve Kobe Bryant's Legacy

In the emotional days following the death of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash, Black people, in our shock and sorrow, seemed to be united. Through shares and ...
Wall Street Journal

For Bryan Ferry, a Local Paper Route Became an Introduction to Music

Bryan Ferry, 79, is a singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the rock band Roxy Music. His “Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023” was released in the fall, and his new album “Loose ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

LA Times owner boosts RFK Jr. online, as writer says paper cut his critique

Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has become a fierce champion online for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for U.S. Secretary of... With trust in the news media at deep lows, Los Angeles ...