Новости за 31.08.2018

Yuval Harari, The Atlantic
Artificial intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it.

Joe Concha, The Hill
Sen. John McCain's passing last weekend has dominated the news, particularly cable news, over the past week. The life of the former prisoner of war and 2008 presidential candidate is certainly worthy of attention.

James Poniewozik, New York Times
The broadcasts were separate. But they were not unrelated. They amounted to a last argument between the senator and the president who clashed with him in life (“I like people who weren’t captured”) and slighted him in death. They were competing programs with competing visions, not of policy, but of civic life.

Jason Mark, The Nation
Insisting that we're all responsible for global warming lets the biggest corporate polluters off the hook.

Sterling Burnett, IBD
In July, federal Judge John F. Keenan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed New York City's lawsuit against five major oil companies. The lawsuit sought to force the oil companies to help pay NYC's alleged costs associated with climate change.

Tara Burton, Vox
Kanye thinks slavery was a choice. He’s not the only one.

Karin McQuillan, AG
Millennials have already changed our country. This generation was raised in groups starting in daycare. They are linked constantly via social media. They never experienced the classic freedom of American childhood, playing outside on their own for hours on end, and seem to lack an instinctual

Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic
From Florida to Texas, November’s elections provide an opening for Democrats to shift the balance of power—and make up for lost ground in the heartland.

Ed Rogers, Washington Post
Tuesday’s primary results offered some surprises, some clarity and some good results for the president.

Ben Rhodes, New York Times
Never before have a few guys with podcasts, academic postings and Twitter accounts constituted such a powerful evil empire.

Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
So Mueller’s quest goes on. It seems endless. Mueller is under pressure not to give up, even if he keeps coming up empty-handed, as appears to be happening again and again.

Gracy Olmstead, The Week
The establishmentarian center was often cynical, and sometimes corrupt. I still miss it.

Matthew Continetti, WFB
What is forgotten is that the president has operated in this atmosphere of emergency and crisis and imminent doom since he announced his campaign.

J. Wilson-Hartgrove, NBC
Nostalgia for a whitewashed version of history connects the Trump administration and a conservative faith community shaped by decades of culture wars.

Marc Thiessen, Wash Post
It would be the height of hypocrisy if Democrats tried to remove the president over allegations of illegality relating to extramarital affairs.

John Micklethwait, Bloomberg
The president gives his presidency a grade of A-plus, moving target for critics refuses to concede error or missteps.

Kevin Brock, The Hill

Star Parker, Boston Herald
Recent polls and surveys are delivering, at best, mixed news for Republicans regarding the upcoming midterm elections.The good news is that prospects have turned positive for Republicans to win Senate seats currently held by Democrats in Florida, New Jersey and Wisconsin.But looking for good news in the House is a bigger challenge. Probability assessments from various sources give Republicans a 25 percent to 50 percent chance of keeping control of the House.

James Ellis, Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Noah Rothman, Commentary

Tani & Cartwright, Daily Beast