Under normal circumstances, Americans might be mildly interested in the possibility— maybe as soon as next week—of nuclear war. That’s where we are: India and Pakistan, nations with approximately 342 nuclear warheads between them, are engaged in their most serious combat in years. Judging from the press attention and public discussion in the U.S., few Americans…
@TeacherToolkit Ross Morrison McGill founded @TeacherToolkit in 2007, and today, he is one of the ‘most followed educators’on social media in the world. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of… Read more about @TeacherToolkit Does digital reading improve students’…
The opening paragraph of Judge Beryl A. Howell’s Memorandum Opinion on Civil Action Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al, is a master class in how to deploy Shakespeare properly, in a way both true to the quotations’ origins and their pertinence to the case at hand. This may seem not worthy…
Every country, from Canada to Vietnam, is facing the same high-stakes conundrum: Is it wiser to try to placate Donald Trump or to push back against his bullying and outlandish demands? Arguably, no nation is in a more difficult position than Poland. Historically one of America’s closest European allies, it’s also the country with the…
Not a week goes by that book publishers don’t disgorge a tome on Big Tech, whether it’s a tell-all about C-suite leaders keeping us hooked to their algorithms, a boosterish guide to Artificial Intelligence (AI) by a tech insider, or a dire warning on how the tech platforms are hollowing out our attention spans. Add…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created after the Financial Crisis, tries to ensure financial institutions don’t rip off ordinary people. Since its inception, it has returned more than $21 billion to Americans—a threefold return on investment compared to its operating budget. By any measure, it’s effective. That success makes it a Wall Street and…