SAN DIEGO: The US Constitution directs the federal government to perform a few crucial functions, including providing for “the common defence.” According to the Federal Trade Commission, that now includes protecting the American people...
SAN DIEGO : Gig-economy firms and workers – or “giggers” – are like magicians and alchemists, only their tricks are real. Although physicists assure us that new matter cannot be created, the gig economy conjures up new...
SAN DIEGO: In the early 1990s, every self-respecting American yuppie and retired suburban couple bought an electric bread maker, with sales hitting four million units. But the fad soon faded as these amateur bakers discovered that stuffing a...
SAN DIEGO: Greeks, Egyptians, Palestinians, and Israelis rarely agree on anything, except perhaps hummus. When they do concur on other issues, we should take their views seriously. In 2020, their leaders put aside ancient barbs and modern grudges...
SAN DIEGO – “God does not play dice with the universe,” Einstein once assured us. True. Instead, a gaggle of geeky gamers with goggles, toggles, and Robinhood-like finance apps are determining our future. Long before GameStop made...
