US President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Supreme Court’s conservative majority have advanced long-standing Republican efforts to weaken the federal role in public education ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the collapse of the elected government and the withdrawal of foreign troops. They have dismantled democratic institutions and reimposed ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. Most of ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. With ...

This discussion covers the collapse of Iran’s Axis of Resistance, a network of militant proxies and allied states central to Tehran’s security doctrine.

In the last hundred years, the Middle East has been persistently unstable, shaped by shifting power dynamics and external interference.

Early in the 20th century, The New York Times earned the sobriquet “The Gray Lady.” Though the style of the paper has evolved, the image encourages readers to trust its editors’ and reporters’ ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT with two goals: to better understand how AI “reasons” and to use its capacity to better understand how we humans reason. There’s a big difference, which ...

The US has projected itself as the global leader of democracy through its powerful mass media, huge economy and lavish military expenditures. A closer look reveals that the country requires extensive ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

To try to foresee the next four years with US President-Elect Donald Trump, we should remember what we learned during his first presidential term: It is a mistake to take him literally and mock him ...