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No. 21 Florida counting on Swamp to slow down Chambliss

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida defensive coordinator Brad White jokingly takes credit for Trinidad Chambliss' rise to stardom. White's unit at Kentucky knocked Ole Miss starting quarterback Austin Simmons out of a game early last season, a right ankle injury that cleared the way for Chambliss ...

Yankees’ Stanton could return for playoffs

NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton could return for the playoffs after a 5 1/2-month absence due to calf strains. Stanton faced pitchers Wednesday at Double-A Somerset along with center fielder Trent Grisham, sidelined since straining his right hamstring on Sept. 4. Both ran the ...

Will AI destroy humanity?

In the "Terminator" movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation's nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ...

Women keep politics honest

This is a generalization, I know. As Mark Twain is said to have said, "All generalizations are false, including this one." But there is growing evidence that women tend to be more protective of our American democracy than men. They are more willing to put their foot down when partisan schemers ...

Fuehrer Cult: America bends to strongman worship

The German term "Fuehrerkult" means what it sounds like: the cult of the leader. It refers more precisely to the cult created by, for and about one German leader in particular, and you can probably guess who. The cult of Adolf Hitler that dominated and devoured the Third Reich until the ...