There is much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair by just about every leader in the West, especially by an almost apoplectic President Trump, over a so-called “sinister threat” by the BRICS nations to form a new world trade settlement mechanism that bypasses the almighty dollar. President Trump may invoke sanctions and asset confiscations similar to those invoked against Russia, the “R” in “BRICS,” in addition to his current favorite weapon, the tariff.

Despite denials from the left, US higher education has been captured by leftist faculty, students, and administrators. This is not a figment of anyone’s imagination, as for most of this century colleges and universities have changed dramatically.

There have been many comments in the last year about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, from such AI luminaries as Elon Musk, Yoshua Bengio,