Category Archives: Signs of the Times

Women’s Stories: New Harriet Tubman Memorial in Newark NJ! (Repost from 2023)

Harriet Tubman monument unveiled, replacing Columbus statue in Newark, New Jersey By Liam Reilly and Kia Fatahi, CNN (CNN) — A monument honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Newark, New Jersey, this week, replacing a statue of Christopher Columbus removed in 2020 amid social injustice protests, officials said. The 25-foot-tall monument, titled “Shadow … Continue reading Women’s Stories: New Harriet Tubman Memorial in Newark NJ! (Repost from 2023) →

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Ezra Klein on AI

[NOTE: The New York Times has a stable of columnists who include some of the most disturbingly smart writers I see regularly. Ezra Klein is one of them, and while his curiosity wanders widely, he is homing in on AI and its repeatedly mind-boggling character and possibilities. Which he does again here.] New York Times … Continue reading Ezra Klein on AI →

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Sweden, Finland, NATO, Neutrals & Nukes: A Concise Analysis

[NOTE: These two short columns offer an admirable review of two key moments in the impact of Putin’s Ukraine invasion  on my own thinking. When I imagined these countries as actual places (which, I admit, wasn’t often), my speculation was that they held to a “plague-on-both-your-houses” stance vis-a-vis the USSR/Russia on one side, and the West, … Continue reading Sweden, Finland, NATO, Neutrals & Nukes: A Concise Analysis →

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Army Sends Top Brass Recruiters Up Against Gen Z Resistance: “Hell, No— We Don’ Wanna Go!”

 [NOTE: O.M.F.G. — I can NOT believe the Army is bringing back an Eighties recruiting slogan;  but by god they are. And recruiting has fallen so below target they’re sending out the Army Secretary herself to do recruiting blitz weekends, like this one in Chicago. It was a very tough gig, as this report details. … Continue reading Army Sends Top Brass Recruiters Up Against Gen Z Resistance: “Hell, No— We Don’ Wanna Go!” →

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