Columns

The news media has been full of stories about “AI” — what is being called Artificial Intelligence — so I think it’s time we really discuss it, minus all the hyperbole and jargon. This will likely require several columns to cover it sufficiently well that we all have a good, working knowledge of what it is and what it isn’t.

Much is being written about the surplus of ineptitude in Washington these days. It’s an easy essay given the incorrigible behaviors we see among some of the politicians that “we the people” have sent to the hallowed grounds of our nation’s capital.

I’ve been thinking about forgiveness.

Don’t let the shy look fool you.

Are you constantly running out of space on your Android phone or your iPhone? Yeah, me too! This time we’ll discuss why you might be running out of space and how to deal with it.

It’s a long plane ride to Athens and the Greek Islands. In many ways it’s a trip back in time. I’ve had the good fortune to have traveled to many parts of the world, but Greece, never, yet it’s always been on my bucket list.

He was sitting outside his home on a tiny patio, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. He had a portable music player sitting beside him, and he looked as if he was enjoying the September sunshine about as much as anyone could.

As a teacher you get the occasional invitation from a student to attend one of their out-of-school activities. It might be an athletic event (I’d go sometimes) or a birthday party (I’d never go), maybe even a church play or something like that. Anyway, I’d try and go if it seemed important to the kid.

Giving credit where credit is due, former Vice President Al Gore wrote a book 13 years ago called “The Assault on Reason,” but it was mostly a commentary on President Bush’s policies related to the environment and the war in Iraq. More to the point of climate denial was his book written in 2006 called “An Inconvenient Truth,” for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

I had a lot of amazing experiences as a kid and have written about them on this site quite a bit. I was lucky enough to have a father, and several uncles, who were into sports and they took myself and my cousins to games all the time. We’d load up and head to Cincinnati to see the Reds, Bengals and Royals (the old NBA team), to Columbus to watch Ohio State basketball and football games, Columbus Checkers hockey games, and even make the journey to Cleveland for the occasional Browns or Indians game.