Marble Falls Why should we care about the headline grabbing drama in Silicon Valley and tech neighborhoods around the world about OpenAI and the fate of its globetrotting CEO Sam Altman? Good question, especially since every report is fabricated from hints, winks, and gestures, lacking any hard facts about exactly what triggered the …
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The Taylor Swift Economic and Cultural Phenomena
Little Rock As a long-time listener to country music, way before it was cool. Whoops, wait a minute, has it ever really been cool? I don’t think so. I hope not. Now, it’s all so pickup by the river and Daisey dukes, that I hardly ever let the dial wander over there. But there …
Sanctions and Migration: Double Edged Sword
New Orleans When discussing migration and sanctions the order of the day is really the old expression, “What goes around, comes around.” There’s a bit of schoolyard bickering between the United States and some of our Latin American neighbors, doing some heavy finger pointing about who and what is responsible for the flooding …