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It’s One of the Biggest Scams in US History
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It’s One of the Biggest Scams in US History

May 3, 2026 7 min read

Yet, it’s on the verge of becoming yesterday’s news!  Can you name the three biggest financial scams of the past 25 years? If you guessed Enron (around $60…

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Is This Right Wing Lawfare? Or Did the SPLC Actually Do This?

Apr 27, 2026 4 min read

If you’d told me 20 years ago that the Southern Poverty Law Center would be sitting under an 11-count federal indictment for fraud and money laundering, I would…

Worth Considering: The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Case
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Worth Considering: The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Case

Apr 27, 2026 1 min read

I don’t know if you have heard of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, but she is a Somali-born Dutch American public intellectual, a former member of the Dutch Parliament, and…

The AI Threat to Musicians That’s Happening Now
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The AI Threat to Musicians That’s Happening Now

Apr 21, 2026 3 min read

In the April 9 issue, I wrote about how AI is invading the music industry at a rate and to a degree that, even accounting for my alarmist…

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Will AI Take Over the Music Industry

Apr 21, 2026 1 min read

And Eventually Replace Human Musicians?  Since I’m on this subject for the second time in a month, I thought I would give you some outside perspectives on the…

Readers Write:
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Readers Write:

Apr 21, 2026 2 min read

KK Isn’t Worried About AI… Here’s Why  After reading my April 9 post on the AI music debate, KK, a longtime friend and regular reader, wrote to cheer…

Funny Ha-Ha
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Funny Ha-Ha

Apr 21, 2026 1 min read

This Is Crazy! AI Is Advancing Even Faster Than I Predicted
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This Is Crazy! AI Is Advancing Even Faster Than I Predicted

Apr 10, 2026 3 min read

I’ve been writing a lot about AI lately. One of the many predictions I’ve made is that one of the first business sectors that would be smashed by AI…

Funny Ha-Ha
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Funny Ha-Ha

Apr 10, 2026 1 min read

AI is speeding everything into the future   
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AI is speeding everything into the future   

Apr 10, 2026 1 min read

Postscript: This is why AI is accelerating faster than it seems. Here are some positive possibilities. But this is why there’s cause for concern

The Iran War, AI, Media Bias, and the Great Divide
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The Iran War, AI, Media Bias, and the Great Divide

Mar 30, 2026 5 min read

Notes from My Journal: The political event that, in 2016, sliced America into two political/social tribes, and has steadily widened and deepened in the…

Gardener
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Gardener

Mar 30, 2026 1 min read

PostScript:  Click here to watch a short film about AI and human labor.