Fast-Food Robots
Kerby AndersonKerby Anderson What impact will robots and artificial intelligence have on jobs? In previous commentaries, I have discussed some of these questions and concerns. If you don’t want to be…
Anxious Generation
Kerby Anderson Jonathan Haidt has been on the Point of View radio talk show to discuss his previous book, The Coddling of the American Mind. He has now compiled his…
Spiritual Champions
Kerby Anderson George Barna has written a book to help parents discipline their children into spiritual champions. Raising children is a privilege, but also a daunting assignment. Parents have a…
Energy Scare
Kerby Anderson Summer is months away but there is already news of an energy shortage on the Texas power grid. Most people would not think Texas would have an energy…
Smartphones
Kerby Anderson Jean Twenge begins her essay by suggesting a thought experiment. “Imagine that a company began mass-producing a new toy. This was not a toy for little kids; instead,…
Economists and Consumers
Kerby Anderson Most left-leaning economists cannot understand why American consumers are complaining when many economic indicators are positive. One of those individuals is Paul Krugman, a Nobel-prize-winning columnist for the…
Economic Change
Kerby Anderson Over the last few months, the word “unsustainable” has been frequently used. The GAO (Government Accountability Office) proclaimed: “The federal government is on an unsustainable long-term fiscal path…
Earth Day
Kerby Anderson Today is Earth Day. I was a participant in the first Earth Day as a high school student and remember one equation. It was I=PAT. The environmental impact…
DEI Failure
Kerby Anderson A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal began with these sentences. “Memo to companies: Go ahead and cancel your DEI programs. That’s more or less the message…
Authoritarian Impulse
Kerby Anderson The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok in this country unless the company was sold to Americans. Chinese national security laws require Chinese-owned…