ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · ACADEMIC INTEGRITY · WORKFORCE SKILLS
A UCLA student sits for an online final with a camera watching, a
mirror behind her, and her arms positioned so the professor can
see she is not secretly consulting a machine.¹
That may have begun as academic integrity. By the time it gets to
mirrors, crossed arms, hands behind heads, suspicion over Google
Docs timestamps, and students building an alibi for every draft,
it has become something else. It has become training in
distrust.¹
This is one of the stranger things about the arrival of
artificial intelligence. The same country that cannot wait to
sell every office worker a productivity tool is teaching many
students that the same tool is contraband. The same employers who…
The Postal Service’s proposed
ballot-mail rule would require
new voter data checks, risking
delays and rejected absentee…
A Good Exit From a Bad Iran
War
U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS · NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY
The U.S.-Iran memorandum ends
active conflict and reopens the
Strait of Hormuz but defers key
nuclear issues for future
negotiation.
Peace is good. Ending a
needless war is good. Reopening
the Strait of Hormuz is good.
If the new U.S.-Iran memorandum
of understanding stops the
killing, reduces the danger to
American service members, and…
HOUSEHOLD SPENDING · INCOME INEQUALITY
Despite national economic
growth and job gains, many
households face rising costs
for essentials, reduced food…
FOOD CULTURE · RESTAURANTS
Rising and uneven food prices
are reshaping dinner choices…
POLITICAL POWER · NEW ENGLAND
The narrative of Thanksgiving
often overlooks the devastation…
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER
The White House has been
transformed into a federally
franchised dining complex
featuring fast-food outlets and…
Farmers who once supported
Donald Trump face severe
economic hardship as tariffs
and disrupted trade with China…