Dear Reader, In an effort to thwart the rise of AI, I am choosing not to use a computer to write this week’s column. I am, instead, writing it by hand using both manmade and natural materials. You will notice various shades of green and a certain American Flag Blue throughout. That’s right. I am writing on peeled scraps I’ve salvaged from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in D.C. as well as whatever algae I could scrape from the surface of the water.