3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (332+ words) At Graphs About Religion, Washington University political scientist Ryan Burge looks at FIRE’s battery of questions about freedom of speech, put to 68,000 students at 250 U.S. colleges this year (offering illustrative graphs): The third statement was, “shouting down a speaker to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (617+ words) First, getting past the drama: Data centers have a huge energy footprint. But so do cars and planes, if we look at the total environment bill for each. And there is no serious move to abolish either of them on…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (211+ words) The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST) is sponsoring a webinar, “Revisiting ‘Computers, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality’ in Light of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas,” on October 10, 2025, 11:00 am to noon EST. Magnifica Humanitas (25 May 2026), Leo’s first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (838+ words) There has been a fair amount of political activity, pro and con, around the big new data centers, proposed to handle the increased AI traffic — and it all sprang up rather suddenly. Last Thursday, X’s Global Government Affairs unit announced…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (756+ words) A recent article in the usually reliable Atlantic had the provocative title, “It Will Never Be a Good Time to Buy a House.” I thought they were above clickbait. Apparently not. The obvious response is, “Never say never.” The biggest…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (409+ words) Associated Press, founded in 1846, has been a staple of the news industry since then: old, large, mainstream, and respected. But the decline of traditional media in the age of the internet — when six stories, even on a comparatively minor event,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) At the Brussels Signal, tech analyst Norman Lewis has been discussing a form of indoctrination that is becoming increasingly popular in the European Union, and doubtless elsewhere: prebunking — “a preventative measure that aims to prepare audiences to recognize and resist…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (491+ words) Magical things have been seen in the skies for thousands of years, often interpreted by Earthlings as visitors from other planets. In modern times, unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings have become a popular hobby. Established in 1974, the National UFO Reporting…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (589+ words) This article by Wesley J. Smith is republished from Science and Culture Today. Originally crossposted from National Review. The nature rights movement continues to advance into respectability against woefully insufficient resistance. Too many people don’t take the threat seriously because they…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (658+ words) Ross Douthat, who joined The New York Times as a conservative Catholic opinion columnist in 2009, is heading over to CBS’ 60 Minutes as a correspondent. He is one of the major new hires since ex-NYT journalist and founder of The Free…...