The Russian war against Ukraine is now halfway through its fifth year, rapidly approaching the length of World War II. The European NATO countries have become more and more heavily drawn into that conflict, which many observers believe has already cost more than a million lives. Although the NATO leaders had initially been quite cautious...

Last week I published an article on the AI dangers that we faced. Although I was quite skeptical of the widespread warnings that super-intelligent AI systems might exterminate humanity, I saw considerable risks of a financial collapse of the AI industry, perhaps dragging down the entire American economy. A recent front-page story in the Wall...