The Lines We Thought Machines Wouldn't Cross

Mysterious Illness Striking Young Workers In The South Doctors at Harris County's public hospitals have spent more than a decade treating an unusual group of dialysis patients, men in their 20s and 30s who work outdoors and whose kidneys have failed without a clear medical explanation, Fox News reports, following a Texas Monthly investigation. A review of county hospital records found that roughly one in six emergency dialysis cases among uninsured or undocumented patients had no identifiable cause. The records ran from 2012 to 2015, and the study was published as...

Ceasefire Over? Trump Downplays 'Mini-War' After US & Iranians Trade Shots, Missiles Target UAE Summary Trump employs interesting new term: "We’re in, I call it a mini-war." Fujairah says 3 injured in Iranian attack on Oil Industry Zone, UAE confirms "air defenses are now dealing with a missile threat", we have gotten reports of explosions in Dubai, which has sent oil higher and Emini futures into the red. UAE threatens retaliation.  CENTCOM hails two US merchant ships exiting Hormuz Strait safely in "first step". Bessent issues remarks warning the US "will fire if fired...

Like so many intellectuals, Hilary Putnam is a good philosopher but a poor judge of good economics. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon dissects Putnam’s confusion between facts and values.