The Age of Artificial Nostalgia

The Age of Artificial Nostalgia

There’s a photo floating around Facebook again. You’ve probably seen it. It shows a couple of 1930s streetcars, some early sedans, and a row of pedestrians framed by weathered buildings. The caption reads something like: “Pacific Highway cuts through the heart of...
The Truth Can’t Compete with a Confident Lie

The Truth Can’t Compete with a Confident Lie

Let me put it plainly: AI is full of it. Not always. Not everywhere. But often enough — and confidently enough — that it’s becoming a real problem. We are living in an age where artificial intelligence systems are spitting out facts, figures, timelines, and...
Read the Damn Thing

Read the Damn Thing

Some folks walk around waving the Constitution like it’s a VIP club card—citizens only, no foreigners allowed. To which I say: read the damn thing. It doesn’t start with “We the Citizens.” It starts with “We the People.” And that little...
Memorial Day – The Reminders

Memorial Day – The Reminders

I just got back from a Memorial Day dedication in my town—about 300 people gathered, quietly, reverently. You could see the generations by the ball caps: Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan. Gray hair under Navy caps. Leather vests with unit patches faded by...
Abu Dhabi: Where ‘America First’ Dies in the Sand

Abu Dhabi: Where ‘America First’ Dies in the Sand

If you thought “America First” meant jobs, tech, and national security staying on U.S. soil, then congratulations — you just got played. Again. On his latest Middle East tour, Donald Trump handed out America’s crown jewels of artificial intelligence like party favors...