Dispatch Debates
Look Before We Leap on Artificial Intelligence
A debate about the role that artificial intelligence should and will play in society, and how it…
Banning AI Superintelligence Would Be a Historic…
Calls to ban the development of superintelligence have gained traction among some technologists,…
DEBATE: Fixing a Failed Political System
The United States political system is failing. Expanding political divisions have been exacerbated…
DEBATE: The Case Against Congressional Term Limits
Many of our elected officials appear to be ideologically extreme, incompetent, corrupt,…
We’ll Miss the Filibuster When It’s Gone
There I was, minding my own business last week, when—ding—I received an alert in The Dispatch’s…
The Filibuster Only Weakens an Impotent Congress
For years now, it’s been one of the big-time, old-school-conservative shibboleths: The Senate’s…
When Urban Crime Requires Federal Intervention
Is federal intervention necessary to restore law and order in American cities? In some ways, yes; in…
Keep the National Guard Out of Local Crime-Fighting
President Donald Trump claims many major American cities are criminal hellscapes so unsafe that only…
The Espionage Act: A Dangerous but Necessary Tool
The Espionage Act of 1917 has been described as a loaded gun pointed at journalism. It is not…
A ‘Loaded Gun’ Pointed at the Media
Government officials tend to dislike it when their employees disclose information to journalists…
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