If you’re an editor with an agenda, you’ll likely spin the news with a biased headline that captures your viewpoint and hides key details. That’s burying the lede. Tuesday's special election drew two main headlines. Fox News reported, “ Trump-backed Republican keeps crucial congressional seat in GOP hands,”  while Huffington Post wrote, “ Republicans Narrowly Hang On In Tennessee Special Election.”  Both are accurate, but the details matter. What Fox News fails to point out i

While no one expects ideological convergence any time soon, both sides are inching (centimetering?) towards each other.   European leaders are trying to avoid placing too many restrictions on AI to encourage innovation, while American regulators are quietly borrowing some European ideas on transparency and accountability.  If there will be convergence, it will be through trade, as American products will be made according to stricter guidelines...

Last week, New York City's Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani visited the White House, and pundits on both sides were predicting an epic ideological showdown between, depending on who you follow, the unbridled opportunities of capitalism and the abject poverty of socialism, or vice versa.  Of course, nothing happened, except Trump oddly fawning over Mamdani, but that’s for another article.