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Are we confusing outrage with truth in the age of algorithms? | The Ethical Life podcast

Are we confusing outrage with truth in the age of algorithms? | The Ethical Life podcast

  • Scott Rada

🎧 The hosts examine how personalized feeds amplify conflict, bury progress and leave citizens exhausted and polarized, reinforcing a distorted picture of society that feels broken and perpetually on edge.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 'Ghost gun' in CEO's murder highlights an industry custom-made for crime

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 'Ghost gun' in CEO's murder highlights an industry custom-made for crime

    Why is Congress protecting untraceable weapons?

    STRICTLY OBSERVING: Simply the Best

    • Zach Cooley

    Seeing Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on Easter Sunday at the beautiful, brand-new Tanger Center in Greensboro, NC was something of a religious experience for die-hard Tina Turner fans. It wasn’t so much that Ari Groover looked or sounded like The Queen of Rock and Roll. It was more that she …

    New reports look at sex discrimination in the labor market and gender-affirming care for minors | Utterly Moderate podcast

    New reports look at sex discrimination in the labor market and gender-affirming care for minors | Utterly Moderate podcast

    • Dr. Lawrence Eppard Director of the Connors Institute, Utterly Moderate host

    Progress is being made in combatting sex discrimination in the workforce, but there are concerns gender-affirming care for minors. Learn more on the Utterly Moderate podcast.

    What can sports teach us about politics? | The Ethical Life podcast

    What can sports teach us about politics? | The Ethical Life podcast

      🎧 The hosts discuss the importance of good sportsmanship and why, unlike in politics, sports almost always rewards the people with the most skill.

      Hugs, a humming economy and help from neighbors should make Wisconsin thankful

      Hugs, a humming economy and help from neighbors should make Wisconsin thankful

      • Wisconsin State Journal editorial board

      OUR VIEW: It's great to be back doing what we love

      OUR VIEW: Trump era must end, but only GOP can do it

      OUR VIEW: Trump era must end, but only GOP can do it

      • Wisconsin State Journal editorial board

      OUR VIEW: A clean break is needed, not timid hedging that hopes he’ll go away on his own

      Here's who really won and lost in Wisconsin's election

      Here's who really won and lost in Wisconsin's election

        OUR VIEW: Democracy shines while Trump and transparency tumble

        The Editorial Board: Early, absentee voting make casting your ballot easy

        The Editorial Board: Early, absentee voting make casting your ballot easy

          Three cheers for New York’s commitment to serving its voters and especially for Erie County, a leader in providing a healthy supply of places for voters to cast early ballots.

          The Editorial Board: Schumer for U.S. Senate

            Some Americans, including New Yorkers, have bought into the canard that once an elected official is seasoned enough to know how to get things done, he should be discarded. Chuck Schumer is proof of the theory’s foolishness, writes The News' Editorial Board.

            The Editorial Board: Mecozzi for Buffalo School Board

            The Editorial Board: Mecozzi for Buffalo School Board

              While both challengers have interesting ideas and show eagerness to pitch in, Jennifer Mecozzi adds familiarity with district operations to the passion she’s demonstrated since she first became a candidate in 2016. She deserves reelection.

              The Editorial Board: Micron deal represents the right strategy for smart growth in New York

                Micron, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is a leading producer of memory and data storage chips used in personal computers, smartphones, data centers, cars and other electronic products.

                COUNTRY FEEDBACK: The character of Cripple Creek

                  Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about “The Last American Man.”

                  STRICTLY OBSERVING: A tribute to U2

                    As excited as we were to see the Genesis tribute show at the Saltville Labor Day Celebration on Sept. 2, when I read that a U2 tribute band was to follow, I knew we were destined to be there. While my 8-year-old daughter Bella and I are pure Genesis fanatics, my wife, Emily, is a huge U2 fan…

                    COUNTRY FEEDBACK: A few donation dos and dont's

                    COUNTRY FEEDBACK: A few donation dos and dont's

                    Some people hunt deer, turkeys and rabbits.

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    STATE JOURNAL VIEW: Congress should allow fair negotiations with Google and Facebook

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    STATE JOURNAL VIEW: Congress should allow fair negotiations with Google and Facebook

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    Stop Big Tech from starving local news

                    STATE JOURNAL VIEW: Congress should allow fair negotiations with Google and Facebook

                    Editorial: What voters don't know about their candidate can hurt them

                    Editorial: What voters don't know about their candidate can hurt them

                    Public ignorance and blind party loyalty are a candidate's best friend.

                    The Editorial Board: Law enforcement recruiting difficulties call for new and creative approaches

                    The Editorial Board: Law enforcement recruiting difficulties call for new and creative approaches

                    There should be no room for us vs. them in the relationship between the public and those who take oaths to protect the public.

                    JUST SAYIN': Fifty shades of hay

                    JUST SAYIN': Fifty shades of hay

                    There are two kinds of people in this world. There are those who have put up square bales and then there are those who have listened to those who have put up square bales complain about how hard it is. You know why they say that? Because it’s true. Like a lot of things “they” say, it’s entir…

                    Editorial: Seniors paid into Social Security and Medicare. Hands off them, GOP.

                    When conservatives talk about so-called “entitlements,” they act as if it’s charity.

                    The Editorial Board: Jail staffing problems have solutions and it’s time to start putting them in place

                    "You don’t have to condone the misuse of time off policies to acknowledge that real issues are driving it. Together, those problems begin to make the case for additional staffing," writes The News Editorial Board.

                    Hang up the cellphones in Madison's schools

                    Hang up the cellphones in Madison's schools

                    STATE JOURNAL VIEW: Chronic distraction to learning needs restriction so teachers can teach

                    The Editorial Board: Kathy Hochul for the Democrats

                    New York Democrats are blessed with three credible candidates for governor, including two with experience significant enough to warrant voters’ serious consideration. Of the two, we endorse Gov. Kathy Hochul of Buffalo.

                    The Editorial Board: Rob Astorino for the Republicans

                    Astorino has shown what a center-right Republican can do in this state. In overwhelmingly Democratic Westchester County, he was elected to two four-year terms as county executive.

                    The Editorial Board: With a major state contest at stake, early voting should get more Western New Yorkers to the polls

                    The Editorial Board: With a major state contest at stake, early voting should get more Western New Yorkers to the polls

                    When seven gubernatorial candidates are on the ballots, both Democrats and Republicans should be motivated to turn out for the June 28 primary election. And if that date’s not convenient, there are nine others to choose from. Early voting in New York begins on Saturday and continues through June 26.

                    The Editorial Board: Jacobs stands tall as party colleagues sneer at testimony of Everhart, Gramaglia

                    The hard fact is that some Americans, disproportionately Republican, seem to believe nothing can ever justify any response, no matter how sensible, to horrific gun violence – no matter how many people are killed, no matter how often it happens, no matter how young the victims are. 

                    The Editorial Board: New York closes gaps in its gun laws, but Congress remains predictably resistant

                    It’s whistling past the graveyard to pretend that easy access to weapons designed for mass murder aren’t a big part of the problem. Yet, that’s what too many Republicans do, the News Editorial Board says.

                    The Editorial Board: With Jacobs’ exit and the right-wing fever it instigated, the old GOP is dead

                    The Editorial Board: With Jacobs’ exit and the right-wing fever it instigated, the old GOP is dead

                    This primary will be one to watch.

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