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Hi-Yo, 'Silver Bullet'! Feb. 25, 2026
"AI Fires Silver Bullet for Creating New Life," read a recent newspaper headline. The story below it... Read More
Lynch Mobs, John-Paul Sartre and Getting What You Deserve Feb. 23, 2026
I've had a checkered relationship with journalism since high school, when it almost got my friend, D... Read More
The Author I Used to Be Feb. 22, 2026
When you publish a column each week, you rarely imagine that one day someone will ask you to stand i... Read More
Misdirection Leads to Sentence 'Path'ology Feb. 18, 2026
What makes these sentences foul? The garbage dump smells foul the air. The basketball player fouled ... Read More
The Years Keep Coming and They Don't Stop Coming Feb. 15, 2026
It was the twirling end of the mustache I noticed first, before I realized he looked familiar. This ... Read More
Fighting With My AI Email Assistant Feb. 14, 2026
Hey! I'm your AI email assistant. Do you want me to summarize this email for you? No. Your aunt s... Read More
Will 'Peanut Butter Raises' Put You in a Jam? Feb. 12, 2026
Spread the news! Companies across the country are no longer rewarding better performance with bigge... Read More
One Man's 'Meat' Is Another Man's Boysenberry Feb. 11, 2026
Imagine a bizarre world where vegetarians eat meat, corpses come alive, a ceiling is a wall and a de... Read More
A Slightly Off-Kilter Goodbye Feb. 09, 2026
A few years ago, my brother Shannon and I were booked to speak at the same conference in Luxembourg.... Read More
The Olympics, Patriotism and Who We Dream to Be Feb. 07, 2026
I did not grow up in a sports household. No one in my family was athletically inclined, and the only... Read More
I'm Bored of AI -- What's Next? Feb. 05, 2026
I don't know who invented AI, but they did a very good job of it. All I hear about and read about an... Read More
'Safe Haven' Ain't Misbehavin' Feb. 04, 2026
"Isn't the expression 'safe haven' redundant?" asks Anthony Cannella of New Britain, Conn. "Isn't a ... Read More
My Life of Crime Feb. 03, 2026
It was the fries that got me arrested the first time. Ken had finished eating and I'd polished off m... Read More
Thoughts and Prayers for the Second Amendment Feb. 01, 2026
We have been told, for decades now, that dead children are the price of freedom. School shootings ar... Read More
Controversial Opinions While We Still Have Free Speech Jan. 31, 2026
The words "constitutional crisis" get thrown around plenty, but, well. It's just that the outlook ap... Read More
Clean Up Your Desk -- Mess Up Your Life Jan. 29, 2026
It's a question as old as time. Which is a better indicator of your performance on the job — ... Read More
Chancellors of the Lex Checker Jan. 28, 2026
The late Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun and Antonin Scalia often clashed on matters of law. B... Read More
The Best Terrible Decision I Ever Made Jan. 26, 2026
The most important decision of my life — the one that's had the biggest impact — I made ... Read More
Letting Joy Lift You Jan. 25, 2026
The city invited me to ride on its inaugural hot-air balloon flight. We headed to the local high sch... Read More
