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Peter Morici: Prosperity without workers — the AI paradox shaping Trump’s economy

The economy is growing, but jobs are harder to find. Second-quarter growth in gross domestic product was 3.8%, thanks to robust investment in information processing equipment, software, and research and development, mostly to build out artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal survey of private prognosticators pegged third-quarter growth at 2.5%,...
Sophia Greene and Dr. Claudia Fernandes: A broken pipeline — costing us our next generation of scientists

Science has always relied on young innovators to drive progress. In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, still PhD students, founded Google. More recently, in 2020 and 2021, Kizzmekia Corbett, then a senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Vaccine Research Center, led a team of scientists...
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Republicans hope the Supreme Court will help them hold the House

Perhaps it was inevitable. But it seems increasingly likely that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, will play a major role in determining which party wins the U.S. House next year. That possibility increased when Justice Samuel Alito paused a lower court’s rejection of the effort by Texas...
Abby McCloskey: The gender wars are heating up — on the right

More than half a million women left the labor force this year. Many are mothers with young children. It’s being called the next she-cession. This may be a good thing to the extent it reflects women’s preferences, such as wanting to spend more time with their families or it represents...
Dr. Nina Stachenfeld: So DEI doesn’t work. OK, what would be better?

It is no secret that diversity, equity and inclusion programs are under attack in our country. They have been blamed for undermining free speech, meritocracy and America itself. The University of Virginia is the latest to settle with the government and walk away from its DEI initiatives rather than defend...
Allison Schrager: The American middle class is shrinking, and that’s OK

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century, even for poorer and middle-class households. But because of the nature of...
Cal Thomas: We lose, they win

In 1988, when President Ronald Reagan was asked by a reporter during the summit in Moscow what his goal was in the Cold War, he said: “we win, they lose.” When it comes to today’s Russia and its unprovoked war with Ukraine, President Trump’s goal at least in practice and...
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich: Giving thanks can be an act of unity

Two stories anchor our oldest holiday. Both took place in times of division and deprivation. And both offer a hopeful note about who we can be when we try. The first, of course, unfolds in Plymouth, Mass., in 1621. After a devastating first winter that wiped out nearly half the...
Elizabeth Kosmetatou: Britain’s arrogance in exporting the disgraced former Duke of York

The British have, at long last, cast away Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — and rightly so. His shockingly parasitic existence, alleged sexual and financial misconduct, association with Jeffrey Epstein, evasions and astonishing lack of remorse have rendered him an embarrassment even by the indulgent standards of hereditary privilege. But now, having decided...
Katy Butler: Why do so many people cut Ghislaine Maxwell so much slack?

I heard about the special prison favors granted Ghislaine Maxwell while I was reading “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Giuffre, one of her reported victims. The most poignant moment is not the first time Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein allegedly sexually violated her. It’s the morning before, when Giuffre sits at the...
Rep. Chris Deluzio: All patriots must condemn political violence

This week, President Donald Trump threatened my life because he did not like the constitutional truths I spoke. Threats of political violence are not how we solve disagreements in the United States of America. Those threats incite violence, and it only snowballs from there. But know this: I will not...
Point: Thankful for keeping politics to yourself

There is a familiar saying that you can choose your friends but not your family. For most of the year, that fact can feel like a blessing and a curse. During the holidays, when we squeeze around crowded tables, eat more than we should, and bring many personalities into one...
Counterpoint: The holiday meal is a great place for political discussion

My family will be shocked when they read this piece. One of them might even call and suggest I am a victim of identity theft, and I should proceed with caution. For almost three decades, I have explicitly ruled out political talk at our holiday meals. Our gathering is huge...
Lauren Beitelspacher: Beware retailers’ new return policies

’Tis the season for giving — and that means ’tis the season for shopping. Maybe you’ll splurge on a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal, thinking, “I’ll just return it if they don’t like it.” But before you click “buy,” it’s worth knowing that many retailers have quietly tightened their...
Dr. Robert R. Redfield: We need an urgent and unified response to the coming Alzheimer’s crisis

In the early 1980s, men and women in the prime of their lives began arriving at Walter Reed Medical Center, wrecked by a disease for which we had no name, no cause and no hope. As an infectious disease doctor there, I saw patient after patient bedridden and dying by...
Stephen Mihm: Threats of nuclear testing ignore its terrifying history

Should the U.S. and Russia resume nuclear testing? The answer to that question must be a resounding “No.” Yet President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, eager to project strength, have raised fears that they may be moving to revive the dangerous practice. While the significance of testing nuclear...

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