The Archive

• The EU pledged over $200 million to Greenland as Trump keeps pushing to annex it, with the EU's Ursula von der Leyen declaring 'Greenland's future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else.' Smart counter to Trump, or Europe overplaying its hand?
• The Seattle Times and Newsday are now suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of training AI on their journalism without permission or payment and calling it 'a snake eating its own tail.' Fair use that powers innovation, or AI strip-mining the news industry that feeds it?
• Sydney Sweeney's nude ad for sports prediction platform Novig — covered only by basketballs and footballs — has Olympic athletes like swimmer Ariarne Titmus furious, calling it a step backward for women's sports. Playful confidence like ESPN's Body Issue, or sexualizing women's sport all over again?
• Missouri's top court threw out the GOP's Trump-backed congressional map and ordered a November referendum, while Republicans rushed to the U.S. Supreme Court to block that ruling. The people's check on gerrymandering, or judges overturning a legitimate map days before an election?
• As Trump tariffs and '51st state' taunts strain the relationship, Canada's PM Mark Carney is pushing the EU to create a new 'associate member' status just for Canada. Smart hedge against an unreliable neighbor, or an unrealistic pivot away from the U.S.?
• Presidents Cup captain Brandt Snedeker snubbed 2025 Ryder Cup players J.J. Spaun and Ben Griffin for his captain's picks in favor of younger players, even though both outperformed some of the golfers who did make the team. A gut call every captain is entitled to make, or a snub that punished results?
• Trump is demanding a 30-foot George Washington statue and a Constitution Day deadline at the Smithsonian's American history museum, blasting its 'overwhelming focus on oppression' — days after the museum's secretary announced his retirement following months of pressure from the administration. Restoring patriotic history, or the White House dictating what a museum can say?
• A Senate bill would let the NCAA set nationwide pay caps for college athletes, immune from antitrust suits. Overdue order, or a giveaway to the NCAA?
• Trump's own pick for Fed chair might raise rates against Trump's wishes at his first big decision. Independence test, or political theater?
• Trump sent envoys to meet Putin in Moscow while Russian strikes kept hitting Ukraine. Real diplomacy, or rewarding bad behavior?
• Congress passed, and Trump signed, a funding bill that only keeps the government open through December. Reasonable compromise, or kicking the can?
• Israel captured a top Hamas security official as ceasefire violations pile up in Gaza. Is the ceasefire already dead?
• OpenAI and Anthropic's own CEOs are calling for AI development to slow down. Genuine alarm, or good PR?
• A bipartisan Senate bill would put federal guardrails on AI, with Klobuchar and Cruz both on board. Necessary, or premature?
• The Emmys cut 5 award categories from the live broadcast, including writing and supporting-actor awards. Smart TV, or disrespecting the work?
• Pink publicly slammed Macklemore for declaring 'Free Palestine' at a Sheeran concert, then got hit with her own backlash. Who's in the right here?
• A new proposal would send $5,000 direct payments to American adults if Republicans hold Congress. Good policy, or an election bribe?
• A US Open spectator went viral for disrupting play to get content for social media. Fair game, or ban phones at courtside?
• US strikes on Iranian oil tankers, Iran hits back in Jordan — is this heading somewhere worse?
• The UK, France, Canada and others just banned trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Right call, or overreach?
• Billions in AI data centers are being blocked by local opposition. Are communities right to push back?
• Xi and Modi are meeting at BRICS for the first time in years. Thaw or theater?
• Meta just released an open-weight AI model anyone can modify. Good for the world, or reckless?
• The trans-athletes-in-sport debate has taken over the WNBA. Should this be a league issue at all?