YQK is coming — time to get ‘quantum-safe’
Most of us remember Y2K, the panic that consumed the final years of the last millennium. The whole world feared that, when the clocks flipped from 1999 to 2000, the digital systems that governed our lives would crash, with cataclysmic results. Of course, a true meltdown was avoided, thanks to the collective action of software engineers around the world, and the decisive action of Congress, which devoted
Read MoreSunday shows preview: Jan. 6 panel holds last hearing until September; Biden tests positive for COVID-19
The last in a series of summer hearings held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and President Biden's COVID-19 diagnosis are expected to dominate this week's Sunday shows circuit. The House panel held its latest hearing on Thursday, making the case that former President Trump took no action for hours as a mob of his supporters ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6. The panel accused the former president of dereliction of duty as it examined the 187 minutes that took place between when Trump finished his remarks at the “Stop the Steal” r
Read MoreResurrecting Trump: Reason and anti-reason in American politics
Even today, even after so much accumulated evidence of Donald J. Trump’s incapacity and malfeasance, millions of Americans regard his presidency as exemplary. This cannot be explained in terms of any inherent liabilities of American politics. What’s needed is a consideration of the cultural context from which this dissembling president was extracted. Trump supporters — rich and poor, educated and uneducated — include people who seek above all to "fit in." These are the ones who love to chant in chorus and to embrace the reassuring but reductionist messaging of political simpl
Read MoreWSJ editorial board: ‘Trump utterly failed’ his Jan. 6 trial
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Read MoreCongressional Black Caucus requests meeting with president of Sesame Place amid controversy
The Congressional Black Caucus is requesting to meet with the head of the “Sesame Street”-themed amusement park, Sesame Place, after a video that showed a costumed character ignoring two young Black girls went viral. “Sesame Street is one of the nation's highest-rated TV shows that, at one time, more than 95 percent of all American Preschoolers watched,” the caucus said in a release Saturday. “So, naturally, Sesame Place should be where all children can go to have fun and celebrate. Sadly, that has not been the case.” The mother of the two girls
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