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LETTER: Others pay for school absenteeism

Karen Mansfield did a thorough job clarifying the mountain of problems and solutions concerning student absenteeism in her story in SundayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ newspaper. There is another aspect of this problem that would be material for another piece: Others pay the price for absenteeism besides the students ...

Ethical AI policies necessary for a better world

Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? The tech bros are taking turns predicting the future not just for themselves but for everyone. With politicians who think the Cloud is just bad weather calling the shots, this question haunts me. AI is advancing exponentially faster than ...

Editorial: Leave the police work to the police

Child predators are abhorrent, and all of them should be removed from society. Building a case against them is a job for the police. Securing a conviction is a job for prosecutors. So-called predator hunting groups have no place in the equation. Last Sunday, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ published ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: They’re a sure sign of spring. Potholes, much to the chagrin of motorists attempting to navigate the regionÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ roadways, are popping up again everywhere. The state Department of Transportation will spend more than $1.8 million and use 1,900 tons of asphalt to fix potholes across ...

Savage Capitalism vs. Social Democracy

Capitalism recognizes individual effort, private ownership, and the pursuit of financial independence through hard work, innovation and competition. Unregulated savage capitalism prioritizes profit over social well-being. A ...

Aliens, Starlink and JFK

As a 16-year-old, when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, my world stopped. Of course, we had no information about his very active social life, his purported involvement with the significant other of a Mafia figure, the hatred from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the anti-Castro ...