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Articles by Liam Foley
An Anti-Corruption Wave, Not a Blue One
This past election, dozens of Republican seats flipped to Democrats. The left is calling it a blue wave. It wasn’t. What happened on Tuesday was a wave against corruption, billionaire-funded super PACs, and a political class that stopped putting Americans first. According to the NBC News Exit Poll, 91% of voters said government corruption was a crucial or major factor in their vote for Congress.
It’s Time For Congress To Take Back The Power Of War
Starlink is a satellite internet service run by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company. It has changed how the world gets online by bringing fast internet to rural towns, ships at sea, airplanes and disaster zones where cell towers have been knocked out. Still in its early development, the technology’s most consequential use thus far has been on the battlefield. Since the first terminals arrived in 2022, Starlink has become the nervous system of Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s war of conquest.
Geopolitics Today: Why America Must Stay On Top
After the Soviet Union collapsed, America stood alone as the world’s sole superpower. The bipolar order was finished. In our unipolar order that followed, from the 1990s until roughly the present, democracy became the global norm and, increasingly, an expected condition for full standing in the international community. In many states, this shift happened from within. In others, the United States imposed democracy by force. That use of force was wrong and an abuse of America’s unipolar position.
Big Tech Shouldn’t Write Its Own Rules
On Tuesday, the most powerful people in American technology gathered at the White House for lunch with the president. Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Karp, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Dario Amodei and Jensen Huang all made the trip. They left having signed a commitment to build strong internal AI controls, which Trump described as “morally binding.” The president told reporters he is seeing “tremendous self-policing” amongst major AI companies.
Israel-Palestine: No Innocent Side
The Israel-Palestine conflict has generated fierce debate in American political discourse. The violence is appalling, and that horror often pushes people toward unwarranted, one-sided conclusions. The loss of innocent life understandably clouds rationality, but for this piece, that emotion is set aside in favor of a rational analysis of the conflict’s true catalyst and who bears responsibility for its continuation.
The Hidden Logic Behind China’s AI Strategy
Last May, President Trump and Xi Jinping met and appeared diplomatic. However, the cordial relationship between them is a political facade. The United States (U.S) and China are engaged in a deep existential rivalry and have been for years. The title of the world’s dominant empire is the dividing issue. What follows is that dynamic and a closer look at how AI may end up deciding it.
Integrative revision of the Australian carrion-breeding Calliphorinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Revision of the Calliphora stygia - and ochracea -groups
INTRODUCTION Blowflies (Family: Calliphoridae) are well known for the carrion-breeding behaviour of some of their constituent species. This life history has resulted in many species being recognised as having significant veterinary, medical and forensic importance (Pöppel et al., 2015; Tomberlin et al., 2017; Wallman, 2001a).
How The Plutocracy Gets Dismantled
I want to posit a short blueprint of ideas for dismantling the plutocracy and for ensuring that the conditions that built it cannot be reconstructed. The first step is the simplest to describe and the hardest to execute: the masses must become aware of what is actually happening.
Manufactured Crisis: Why Polarization and Political Violence Will Only Get Worse
The United States will soon enter a period defined by unprecedented amounts of domestic political violence. This opinion follows logically from three interconnected realities. First, the United States is a plutocracy, governed in the interests of a small wealthy elite rather than its citizens. Three weeks ago, I wrote an article probing whether the United States was more of a plutocracy than a democracy. Since then, I’ve gone deeper into the literature, and I no longer have any doubt. It is.
Our Democracy Is Slipping
I take great pride in my American roots and being a part of the world’s first true democracy. We are built on the revolutionaries who fought the mighty British monarchy for a beautiful dream: that the common man might have a chance at political freedoms. That dream has spread around the world because of their bravery. I fear, however, that our country is in the midst of real democratic backsliding. And it is not the result of a single political party, but rather the entire system as a whole.
Reflections On AI And Global Power
Artificial intelligence is a relatively new human invention, and its development will continue to rapidly change the world. It remains unclear, however, whether AI will ultimately benefit or risk humanity. It has the potential to slash health care costs, fundamentally reshape transportation, and radically expand access to education and knowledge. However, AI will continue to make political repression cheaper, subtler and more scalable than any technology before.
Wokeism Died… And Gave Rise to the Alt Right
“Woke” is dead. And its collapse has not led to moderation, but to something equally damaging: a growing alt-right style of political discourse, exemplified by figures like Nick Fuentes. This movement is rapidly moving from the fringe toward the mainstream. In this piece, I attempt to explain how and why ‘wokeism’ imploded and argue that its failure directly enabled the rise of a new form of radical right political influencers.
The Kensington Nightmare: Open Your Eyes
I’ve always wanted to give an informed, prudent opinion about what politicians should do about Kensington, Philadelphia’s infamous drug-ridden neighborhood. If you’re unfamiliar, Kensington is essentially the city’s “ground zero” for the fentanyl crisis. It is located in the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, just minutes from the upscale and hip Fishtown. However, I felt as though it would be unfair to give this opinion until I’ve actually seen Kensington in the flesh, not through the media.
Guantánamo Bay and the Ethics of Detention
On Jan. 29, President Trump ordered the Defense and Homeland Security Departments to prepare Guantanamo Bay to receive up to 30,000 illegal migrants. Trump has outwardly expressed that migrants being held at Guantanamo Bay will be “high threat” individuals. For those unaware, Guantánamo Bay is a U.S. naval base located in Southeastern Cuba, leased from Cuba under a 1903 agreement following the Spanish-American war.
Immigration, Integrity, and the Politics of Fear: Finding a Just Path Forward
Since the onset of Donald Trump’s presidency, the world has stood witness to the swift deportation of illegal immigrants residing in the United States. I believe in the idea of deporting individuals who illegally occupy our country. Upholding the law is essential, and those who enter the country illegally have broken this law. Additionally, illegal immigration places a burden on social services, such as healthcare, education and welfare programs, which American taxpayers fund.
The Power of Authenticity: What We Should Learn from Anthony Bourdain
I have always been drawn to the thrill of travel and the joy of discovering new foods. The spirit of adventure has always sparked something in me. For that reason, this past year I was recently drawn to the works of Anthony Bourdain, a world-renowned chef, writer and television host who combined his love for food and travel to tell powerful stories about culture, humanity and connection.
Cadets Edge Monks in GNAC Semifinal, 1-0
Follow Saint Joseph's Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram! SIGN UP to receive email alerts about your favorite SJC teams! Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith.
Barbarians, World XV make two changes each, Koroibete pulls out
Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete has pulled out of Steve Hansen’s World XV squad for this Sunday’s Killik Cup clash with Eddie Jones’ Barbarians at Twickenham. The speedster, who last year won his second John Eales medal as Australia’s best rugby player, finished his second club season in Japan last Saturday with defeat in the final with Robbie Deans’ Saitama Wild Knights.
Improving detectability of auditory interfaces for medical alarms through temporal variation in amplitude envelope
Response times to visual and auditory alarms during anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care. 1996; 24: 682-684 Medical audible alarms: a review. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013; 20: 584-589 Alarms and human behaviour: implications for medical alarms. Br J Anaesth. 2006; 97: 12-17 Fewer but better auditory alarms will improve patient safety. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005; 14: 212-215 Alarm fatigue: a patient safety concern. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2013; 24: 378-386 Survey of alarms in an intensive therapy unit.
Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England - is it so hard to get it right?
am a bit of a stickler for correct usage of styles and titles. So it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when these are used improperly. The main one that bugs me is calling Elizabeth II, Queen of England. That bothers me because “Queen of England” is not her correct title! Her correct title, simplified here, is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England has not been a separate sovereign state since 1707. Here is a little historical background on the issue.
Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England - is it so hard to get it right?
I am a bit of a stickler for correct usage of styles and titles. So it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when these are used improperly. The main one that bugs me is calling Elizabeth II, Queen of England. That bothers me because “Queen of England” is not her correct title! Her correct title, simplified here, is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England has not been a separate sovereign state since 1707. Here is a little historical background on the issue.
The Problem with Elizabeth II’s Regnal Number.
Michael Garnett via Flickr CC In my article on numbering the Kings and Queens of Britain, I mentioned that this practice was not always accurate and, I’d like to add, not without its controversy. On February 6 1952, came the death of King George VI of the United Kingdom. It occurred during the night and the new sovereign didn’t know she was now Queen for she and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were thousands of miles away on an official visit to Kenya.
Numbering the Kings and Queens of Britain
King Edward I (public domain) One aspect of the evolution of monarchy that I find interesting is the development of Ordinal numbers, or regnal numbers, and also called post-nominal numbers used to differentiate between monarchs of the same name within the same territory. In the British system of numbering the monarchs, a king or queen will not get a regnal number unless there is another monarch with the same name.
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