Society & Culture

“Forty years ago, President Ronald Reagan shocked many in the West by labeling the Soviet Union an ‘evil empire’ and the ‘focus of evil in the modern world.’” - Providence

“As of March 17, 2021, the rules governing Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law were loosened even further….one need not be terminally ill to request MAID.” - World

Related: The “Face of Assisted Death in Canada” - Breakpoint

“American plastic surgeons are reporting a spike in clients under 30 seeking changes or ‘enhancements’ to how they look.” - Breakpoint

“The Education Department wants to remove portions of the rule about public student religious organizations at some colleges and universities that call for the department to enforce grant conditions related to adherence to First Amendment principles by those groups if they receive a grant from the department or a state-related program.” - RNS

“Three years later, Americans have largely returned to normal activities, but challenges with mental health remain.” - Pew

“Nazism is often depicted as some kind of extreme “conservatism” when, as history shows, it was essentially radical and destructive of traditional freedoms and faith.” - Acton

“So far, what it has produced ranges from the impressive to the hilarious. It is also forcing a series of existential crises. For example, teachers are scrambling to discern the work of their students from the work of compelling AI counterfeits.” - Breakpoint

“Despite evidence never being produced to vindicate the claim of a stolen election, we now know that popular hosts on FOX News knowingly let unsubstantiated claims go unchallenged by guests, despite private messages that expressed their doubts about the election being stolen.” - World

“AI will be adapted. Conversational AI or ‘large language models’ like the ones used in ChatGPT will continue to improve. ChatGPT 4 is coming out later this year, which has about 100 times more parameters in the neural networks than 3.5” - TGC

“Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has pledged to sign a bill into law that would ensure Medicaid coverage for twelve months of postpartum expenses for the state’s mothers.” - TAC