Magazine - Columnists
Northern Ireland lives to an unlikely centennial
Few expected Northern Ireland to reach its hundredth birthday. When it was born in May 1921, it had a provisional feel. The Government of Ireland Act, under…
May 11, 2021
Editorials
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are right: America is not a racist country
When GOP Sen. Tim Scott declared that “America is not a racist country,” liberals blew a gasket. They were so determined to prove him wrong that they…
Business
Virginia privacy law adds data security rules
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a comprehensive privacy law that gives consumers the right to access their personal data held by companies and allows them to request…
Business
Meeting Biden’s climate pledge would require ‘dramatic’ changes to fossil fuel-based economy
President Joe Biden’s pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 would require fundamentally transforming the country’s fossil fuel-based economy. A lot of work…
Magazine - Life & Arts
When art meets data
Art history has only partly emerged from the shadow of Giorgio Vasari, whose Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects is its foundational text. Cognitive…
Magazine - Your Land
Supermarket drones
A Midwestern grocery chain plans to take its delivery service to the next level — quite literally. Kroger is headed to the skies with its pilot (pilotless?)…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Naming names
We used to love putting labels on things. Of course, it started in a garden, a hotbed of growth and mutation: “And the Lord God caused to…
Business
Rail industry comes out swinging against potential surface transportation reauthorization bill
The on-again-off-again relationship between the railroads and Congress is off again. It was confirmed when the Association of American Railroads came out swinging against the surface transportation…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Apple and Epic Games face off in court with possible antitrust ramifications
A significant lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games could offer hints for what Big Tech’s relationship with antitrust could look like down the road. Apple and Epic…
Magazine - Your Land
Fair Hope
Coastal Alabamians celebrated May Day this year by mingling maskless by the thousands at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Fairhope, the charming Mobile Bay town sometimes…