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Edward Ongweso Jr.

AI Scams Are the Point

Propaganda and deceit are a feature of AI, not its downfall.

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How Entertainment Mangled Public Discourse

Neil Postman’s jeremiad against TV seems rather quaint today—and not just because he was shouting into the wind and knew it.

Randy Newman’s Genius for Political Irony

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Randy Newman’s Genius for Political Irony

Books & the Arts

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Heather Souvaine Horn

The True Threat to American Retirement

The wealthy don’t want to retire. The middle class can barely afford to. We need a better vision for old age.

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Say Nothing’s Ambitious Drama About an IRA Kidnapping Ends Too Soon

The FX adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller about the Troubles is a gutting and grand limited series. But it needed more time to do its subject justice.