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'AI will mean cheaper food'
Sultan Meghji in The Wall Street Journal
Artificial intelligence threatens "legitimate dangers," but it could help make grocery shopping less painful, says Sultan Meghji. A main driver "of food's price spike was an even larger cost jump for fertilizer," which accounts for "a fifth of farmers' operating costs." Up to 80% of fertilizer gets wasted because farmers can't pinpoint where "a plant can reach its nutrients," or when rain will wash it away. AI and satellite data could reduce that waste to "near zero."
'Electric cars are the future. Why is the EPA pumping the brakes?'
Megan McArdle in The Washington Post
"America's vast fleet of gas-powered vehicles emits noxious combustion byproducts," says Megan McArdle. We have to replace it with something cleaner to fight global warming and protect human health. But the "worst way is to just mandate that companies sell" EVs, as the Environmental Protection Agency does with its new emission standards. "The best way to get everyone into electric cars is to invest" in making them cheaper and "greener," so everyone will want one.
'Aileen Cannon's handling of Trump's classified records case just went from bad to horrible'
Harry Litman in the Los Angeles Times
Judge Aileen Cannon has gone beyond indulging Donald Trump's "far-fetched legal arguments" and stalling in the federal case over the former president's handling of classified documents, says Harry Litman. Her latest order would make jurors seriously ponder Trump's frivolous claim that he somehow "magically transmogrified" the documents into "personal property" using his authority under the Presidential Records Act. "Cannon has truly crossed the line" in favor of "the former president who put her on the bench."
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Political cartoons for November 15Cartoons Saturday's political cartoons include cowardly congressmen, a Macy's parade monster, and more
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Massacre in the favela: Rio’s police take on the gangsIn the Spotlight The ‘defence operation’ killed 132 suspected gang members, but could spark ‘more hatred and revenge’
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How are these Epstein files so damaging to Trump?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION As Republicans and Democrats release dueling tranches of Epstein-related documents, the White House finds itself caught in a mess partially of its own making
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‘Officials say exporters pay the tariffs, but consumers see the opposite’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Will California tax its billionaires?Talking Points A proposed one-time levy would shore up education and Medicaid
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Catholic bishops rebuke Trump on immigrationSpeed Read ‘We feel compelled’ to ‘raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,’ the bishops said
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House releases Epstein emails referencing TrumpSpeed Read The emails suggest Trump knew more about Epstein’s sex trafficking of underage women than he has claimed
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A free speech debate is raging over sign language at the White HouseTalking Points The administration has been accused of excluding deaf Americans from press briefings
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