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Tue, November 28, 2023 | 17:52

Human brains aren't wired to fight climate change

Humans are very likely the only species that can imagine very distant futures. Unfortunately, our brains aren’t wired to behave in a way that optimizes those futures. After all, most of us don’t even save enough for retirement. If we have a choice between eating a donut right now and being marginally more healthy later, the donut almost always wins.

2023-11-28 16:10

There's too much hatred in politics. Arnold Schwarzenegger shows the value of an upbeat attitude

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Sacramento recently and reminded us of a beneficial trait he possesses that is sorely lacking in today's polarized politics: an upbeat attitude.

2023-11-28 16:00

Those who want to ban sustainability-focused investing are on the losing end

Listening to Republican lawmakers and conservative voices, you might think that the ESG investment movement - which focuses on environmental, social and governance factors - is coming to an end. Growing anti-ESG sentiment among lawmakers, they would argue, is reflective of how the public is rejecting “woke” sustainable investment practices.

2023-11-27 16:00

Biden's executive order on AI is ambitious - and incomplete

Last month President Joe Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology. The order focuses on establishing best practices and standards for AI models, seeking to constrain Silicon Valley’s propensity to release products before they’ve been fully tested - to “move fast and break th...

2023-11-26 16:00

Trump called the latest 14th Amendment ruling a 'victory.' He couldn't be more wrong

The latest opinion denying a challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president has occasioned a lot of teeth-gnashing about how the court, in the words of Colorado’s secretary of state, gave Trump a “get-out-of-jail-free card for insurrection.” The frustration is understandable but shortsighted.

2023-11-23 16:00

Who benefits from street politics in Bangladesh?

Conflict over a neutral election-time caretaker government between Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Awami League (AL), and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has turned violent. Both the ruling party and the opposition are taking a hard line, inspiring gloomy political prospects for both before and after the general election scheduled for Jan., 2024.

2023-11-23 15:40

To reduce workplace injuries, make jobs safer

Antonio Flores, a Cincinnati construction worker, still suffers the effects of a severe workplace injury from last December. Working without proper equipment for heavy lifting, he was hurt when a large pipe fell on him, breaking his back.

2023-11-22 16:00

Another war, another forced relocation. Why can't we make room for peace on this vast planet?

I’m confused. In second grade in the 1950s, my teacher taught us that Columbus discovered America. We learned about the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, the three ships captained by Columbus that rode the rough seas from Spain to our land in 1492. The crew battled perilous conditions and scurvy, the Vitamin C deficiency that wreaked havoc with their health. Then, these br...

2023-11-21 16:00

I'm the child of a Holocaust survivor. I know the trauma inflicted on Gaza will last for generations

Nearly 82 years ago, my father was born in Nazi-occupied Belgium. When he was only 3 weeks old, his own father, Max, was captured and murdered by Nazis; my dad survived because he was hidden by a series of Christian foster homes. I was born in a peaceful time and place - Victoria, Canada, in 1974 - but my own life was shaped by those events that happened decades before my bir...

2023-11-20 16:00

The US should use its leverage with Israel to help minimize civilian harm in the war

We cannot ignore the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza. The victims are not abstractions, nor are they the inevitable collateral damage of a just war. They are the result of choices Israeli leadership has made on how to pursue this just war.

2023-11-19 16:00

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