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Evolving AI changing jobs, daily life

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere. The technology is being used to refine medicine, science, business and industry. At the same time, concerns about how fast AI is evolving — and what that means for jobs, the environment and daily life — are growing. In Springdale and other communities, those concerns are no longer abstract. Data centers that support AI infrastructure are being proposed and planned, raising questions about land use, water consumption and energy demand. Those debates matter. But amid the focus on large systems and long-term risks, it’s worth asking how ...

Evolving AI changing jobs, daily life

Editorials

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. The technology is being used to refine medicine, science, business and industry. At the same time, concerns about how fast AI is evolving — and what that means for jobs, the environment and daily life — are growing. In Springdale and other communities, those concerns are no longer abstract. Data centers that support AI infrastructure are being proposed and planned, raising questions about land use, water consumption and energy demand. Those debates matter. But amid the focus on large systems and long-term risks, it’s worth asking how ...

Nations eye Trump’s stance on protesters

Editorials

Protests in Iran are growing against the despotic regime, and last Friday President Donald Trump declared American solidarity with the protesters. “If Iran shots (sic) and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go.” The words lacked diplomatic subtlety, but the mullahs in Tehran got the message. Top Iranian officials issued frantic statements in response, and the press now has reason to pay more attention to the protests. Iran’s ...

The dividends of ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’

Editorials

One great irony is that deposed Venezuelan socialist despot Nicolas Maduro sits in jail in New York City, where a new socialist mayor, inaugurated a few days ago, extols the “warmth of collectivism” rather than the “frigidity of rugged individualism.” No warm, cuddly collectivist has ever nor will ever perform a mission like rugged American individualists just pulled off in Venezuela, surgically extracting their oppressive leader from the midst of his capital, without a single American casualty. In democratic elections held in Venezuela in 2024, Venezuelans said “no, ...

Why hasn’t Trump repealed Biden’s business tax increase?

Editorials

The Trump administration took a well-deserved victory lap last week for repealing more than 100 Biden-era rules for every new regulation. This will save U.S. businesses potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of unnecessary costs. Gone are discriminatory racial preferences, Green New Deal mandates and electric vehicle mandates -- to name a few. President Donald Trump has solidly established himself as the “deregulation president.” That’s why it’s an ongoing mystery why the Trump Treasury Department and IRS have refused to repeal one of former President Joe Biden’s most ...

The new year brings resolution wreckage

Local Columns

Every January, the world turns into a self-improvement convention. Gyms overflow, kale gets a sales boost, and middle-aged men start wearing compression shirts they have no business wearing. It’s the season when everyone swears to become a better person. By Jan. 5, most of them are back to being themselves again, and usually relieved about it. The trouble with New Year’s resolutions is that they require follow-through, and follow-through is the thing we least enjoy doing. We’re a nation that wants six-pack abs but not six a.m. alarms. We want enlightenment, but only if it comes ...