City on a Hill: Puzzle #43
'Number on a black ball in pool'
I visited Australia and New Zealand to find out. Spoiler: It’s great for everyone.
Don’t unleash censors; restrain them more!
Arnold Schwarzenegger's classic role colored our perception of AI, for better or for worse.
Since he favors aggressive drug law enforcement, severe penalties, and impunity for abusive police officers, he may have trouble persuading black voters that he is on their side.
Plus: Who are the editors' favorite vice presidents of all time?
Detective Bryan Gillis alleges the star golfer assaulted him. Footage released today does not help his story.
A new lawsuit argues the state's requirement that doctors must be licensed in California to do remote consultations with patients there is unconstitutional.
Despite both presidential candidates touting protectionist trade policy, tariffs do little to address the underlying factors that make it difficult for U.S. manufacturers to compete in the global marketplace.
All three inmates were mentally ill and became dehydrated despite ready access to water.
As the U.K. High Court allows a new appeal for Julian Assange, pressure mounts on Joe Biden to drop charges. He should.
Lawmakers should be freed from "the dead hand of some guy from 1974," says former Congressional Budget Office director.
Where are the fact-checkers?
Breakthrough Institute co-founder Ted Nordhaus on climate science and climate change anxiety.
Plus: Samuel Alito's bad flags, simping for marijuana, and more...
More philosophical and more Shakespearean than Fury Road, it's another ambitious action extravaganza.
Plus, an AI-generated version of the same article
Judge Carlton Reeves ripped apart the legal doctrine in his latest decision on the matter.
State law enforcement groups have warned that H.B. 4156 “conflicts with many existing directives” and could “destroy” their relationships with immigrant communities.
To convert a hush payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are relying on a chain of assumptions with several weak links.
The former New York Times reporter explores the collective madness that washed over us in 2020, tracing the path from #MeToo to “Intifada Revolution!”
Staff shortages and chronic corruption have plagued the Bureau of Prisons for years, exposing inmates to abuse and whistleblowers to retaliation.
"The scale of trade barriers proposed by candidate Trump is unprecedented."
The war on drugs meets abortion...
About 20 years ago, many American bees did die. Then that steadily diminished—but hysteria in the press continued.
Plus: Hooters discourse, Zelenskyy's plea, Jacobin posting Ls, and more...
There's an easy way to lower the cost of next-generation weight-loss drugs.
Are Americans prepared to spend a trillion dollars to deport undocumented migrants?
Rescheduling does not resolve the conflict between federal pot prohibition and state rejection of that policy.
It looks like Attorney General Merrick Garland overrode the agency's recalcitrant drug warriors in deciding to reclassify the drug.
Is AI-written poetry cheating if you laboriously trained the AI?
There's no justification for cracking down on news organizations for reporting the news during war.
The conservative culture war boycott against Bud Light was actually a great time to buy stock in a successful company, even if you don't like Bud Light.
From tattoos to abortions to gender expression, a confusing mess of laws govern which Americans are considered adults.
The White House announced a “near final” defense pact with Saudi Arabia yesterday, just as new evidence about Saudi links to 9/11 is emerging.
Plus: Austin shrinks its minimum lot sizes, Florida builds on past zoning reforms, and Arizona passes ADU and missing middle bills.
Left alone, artificial intelligence could actually help small firms compete with tech giants.
A revision to the municipal code made it illegal for groups of four or more people to convene in public spaces for commercial recreational activities without a government stamp of approval.
Fortson, a 23-year-old active duty airman, was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy when he opened the door to his apartment holding a gun at his side.
Without providing any evidence, the paper says "loosened restrictions on firearms" contributed to gun violence in Columbus.
A new labor law getting bad press is explicitly drafted to stop sex businesses from punishing workers who set boundaries.