Policy analysts often worry about the possibility of states stifling AI innovation by passing a patchwork of complex and even conflicting legislation. By way of example, SB 1047, a bill in California dictating the development of leading AI models, evoked concerns that a couple dozen Golden State legislators could meaningfully bend the AI development curve without input from the rest...

　　A Hardened Heart 　　By: Michelle Lazurek 　　Jesus replied, 'Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.'Matthew 19:8 　　The year 2020 was one of the most challenging years for my marriage. Not only did COVID profoundly impact our lives, including the lives of our church, but also work...

　　Saturday, April 5, 2025 　　Signs of Jesus’ Return 　　“Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, ‘Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?’” (Matthew 24:3 NLT) 　　The Jerusalem temple was a magnificent structure, one the Jewish people were exceedingly proud...

　　“Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour, / England hath need of thee, she is a fen / of stagnant waters” begins a famous sonnet by William Wordsworth about the spiritual troubles of two hundred years back. Of course, things seem just as catastrophic today as they did in 1802. After the English people voted for Brexit, the elites...

　　Resting in God's Care 　　By: Jennifer Slattery 　　Bible Reading: 　　Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5, NIV 　　For me, it’s easiest to feel content when I’m in a financially secure place. I find this much...

　　A Prayer to Prepare Our Hearts for Spring 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　Bible Reading: 　　“Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man He had formed” - Genesis 2:8 　　Read or Listen Below: 　　Winter can seem extremely long with its cold hours of darkness, barren trees and bushes, not to mention...

　　Should a university strive to be an open society? 　　Many will feel an immediate impulse to answer in the affirmative. Universities should be places of exploration and discovery. They should foster lively intellectual exchange. They should create a space in which people feel emboldened to pursue the truth to surprising or unexpected places, potentially moving against the grain of the...

　　I understand the resolution—a university should be an open society—in the sense made famous by Karl Popper in his influential book, The Open Society and Its Enemies, rather than in the sense of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, where the phrase is given a quite different and, I believe, un-Popperian meaning. 　　As far as I understand Popper’s positive argument in...

　　In America, it’s difficult to argue against anything described as “open.” We are the land of the cowboy, the open road, the big sky, the 24-7 convenience store. Everything is open all the time, for better or for worse, including but not limited to our hearts, our borders, and our pocketbooks. The siren call of America is the dream of...

　　My position is that a university cannot be an open society in all respects and that it must be bounded in certain ways in order to achieve its fundamental mission. That mission, I believe, requires us to draw lines and make distinctions. To that end, it would be helpful to define what people generally mean by an “open society.” At its...

　　Our Ultimate Hooray 　　by Charles R. Swindoll 　　John 11 　　What gives a widow courage as she stands beside a fresh grave? What is the ultimate hope of the handicapped, the abused, the burn victim? What is the final answer to pain, mourning, senility, insanity, terminal diseases, sudden calamities, and fatal accidents? 　　The answer to each of these questions is the...

　　A health food store owner is cryogenically frozen and revived two centuries later. To his surprise, he learns that the steak, cream pies, and hot fudge he once avoided as unhealthy have turned out to be anything but. The film, of course, is Woody Allen’s 1973 “Sleeper,” and his cinematic send-up highlights a serious problem that has long haunted biomedical...