The best part of the UK-EU deal is a system for doing more deals
Fans and foes of this week’s agreement between Britain and the European Union have made hugely exaggerated claims…
Europe’s free-speech problem
When America’s vice-president accuses Europe of failing to protect free speech, the obvious retort is that he is…
Stopgap deals do not mean Donald Trump’s trade war is over
FOR WEEKS what was in effect an embargo between America and China had the world economy teetering on…
Are American stock investors right to shrug off the trade war?
After a month of tumult, investors in American stocks are making peace with the trade war. The S&P…
How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow
Artificial-intelligence models are getting better and better. Cutting-edge systems can handle increasingly complex tasks once thought beyond the…
Don’t overlook the many benefits of plastics
Few people are more synonymous with wonder at the natural world than Sir David Attenborough, a nonagenarian television…
How AI could help the climate
Even if you don’t worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will destroy the human race, you might fret that…
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
BETWEEN 2004 and 2016, Marine Le Pen was at the heart of a scheme that diverted European Union…