• The key to America's future? Just be normal

    If you spend any time online, it’s impossible to ignore how bizarre political chatter has become. Whether it’s pro-Houthi infographics shared by suburban Starbucks-toting influencers or young men exposing their nether regions to the sun (and perhaps inviting melanoma), the discourse feels like it’s descended to Dante’s ninth circle of hell. We need to spurn old labels and form fresh alliances to build a new center. We need some good old-fashioned normality but a new normality that moves...

  • Biden touts Arizona as America’s ‘future’ as government invests $8.5 billion in chipmaker Intel

    CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants around the country, talking up the investment in the political battleground state of Arizona and calling it a way of “bringing the future []

  • Will DEI End America Or America End DEI?

    Will DEI End America Or America End DEI? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, At the nexus of most of America’s current crises, the diversity/equity/inclusion dogma can be found. The southern border has been destroyed because the Democratic Party wanted the poor of the southern hemisphere to be counted in the census, to vote if possible in poorly audited mail-in elections, and to build upon constituencies that demand government help. Opposition to such cynicism...

  • There Goes Latin America: Iran's Regime in America's Backyard

    The Iranian regime, which has been calling for "Death to America," now has ballistic missiles which it says can reach the US, and claims to have a hypersonic missile that, according to one report, "Can Destroy US In 40 sec." Venezuela appears to have

  • Portland Art Museum's "Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks" Unboxes the Future of Sneakers

    Get comfy, folks; the future of sneakers is heady as all hell. by Corbin Smith On March 30th, the Portland Art Museum will raise the curtain on Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks, a new exhibit about the various futures imaginable for the world’s most versatile sporting footwear. Our city is the touring exhibition's first stop following its premiere at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. This feels appropriate since...

  • America The Snackable

    America The Snackable Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, There is only one pathway to health and sanity: stop consuming snackables of any kind. Everything in America has become snackable: devoid of value, easily consumed, intentionally addictive, and ultimately destructive to all that is healthy for individuals, communities and society at large. The core features of edible snackables are self-evident yet worthy of a closer look due to the severity of the...

  • The Future Is Dry

    Peter Kuper Our dwindling water supply threatens our survival.

  • A Brief History of the Future

    Wednesday, April 3 at 9 A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part PBS documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.

  • Unlocking the quantum future

    The 2024 MIT Interdisciplinary Quantum Hackathon, or iQuHACK, brought over 1,200 quantum hackers to work in teams on challenges potentially solvable by the application of quantum computing — from running a quantum-powered dating service, to building an organ donor matching app, to breaking into quantum vaults.

  • If America Were a Trumpian Autocracy

    We should already be talking about what it would be like, if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, to live under a developing autocracy. Beyond the publicized plans of those around him to gut the federal civil service system and consolidate power in the hands of You Know Who, under Trump 2.0, so much else would change More

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    The America That Runs on Sweetgreen

    This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Last week, I spent a whirlwind few days in the middle of our fine country. I awoke one morning at home in New York at 4:30 a.m. to catch a flight to Chicago for a J.Crew event. After I landed, I took an Uber from O’Hare to the Waldorf Astoria. In the car, I ordered a sensible Sweetgreen salad to be delivered to my...

  • Spring into planning for the future

    Given the importance of topics such as estate planning, Social Security and retirement planning as we age, there is no time like the present to get one’s ducks in a row.