Whenever I leave my home, you can be sure I have the following items on me: Wallet Watch Keys Phone It’s interesting… I grew up in an era before cell phones. (Yes, my birth year starts with “19.”) However, I have quickly adopted technological advancements and have seen both the benefits and disadvantages of doing …
My wife and I are both Jeep owners. They aren’t the classic Wranglers. Nor are they the problematic Gladiators (that we, honestly, used to want). No, we both own different styles of Jeep SUVs. But they are still Jeeps. When we bought the vehicles, no one provided us with the Jeep Rule Book™ (if such …
“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.”—Wangari Maathai
This is hard for me to write. Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge Alabama Crimson Tide fan, particularly of the football program. Growing up watching Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant lead the team to national championships, that passion is deeply ingrained in who I am. Like all sports teams, Bama has a rival: …
During my photojournalism studies, we looked at iconic photographs from throughout the years. One image that is instantly recognizable by every American is the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima by members of the United States Marine Corps. Associated Press photojournalist Joe Rosenthal took this photograph on February 23, 1945, during the final stages …
“Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.”—Winston Churchill
Today, I want to look at June 6, 1944, D-Day. It has been 81 years since military troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in Operation Overload during World War II. To this day, it is still the largest seaborne invasion of a country in world history. A lot of people believe D-Day involved only …
I know that many parents—especially those of young children—feel that their child is special, unique, or otherwise distinct from other children. For one set of parents in the United Kingdom, their son is special. And he has the paperwork to prove it. Joseph Harris-Birtill, at the age of two, has accomplished something very few humans …
“The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”—Fran Lebowitz
Blade Runner. The Terminator. The Matrix. I, Robot. Ex Machina. Those are just a smattering of movies that have dealt with the what-if questions surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humans that develop the technology. These questions go back decades. In 1942, author Isaac Asimov created the three laws of robotics for his short story, …
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