Author: Mitchell A. Sobieski

J.D. Vance built his political career on suspicion, spectacle, and spin. He rose through the MAGA ranks not by offering solutions, but by inflaming distrust of the press, of the government, of elections, of immigrants, of anyone not already in his corner. And now, in a twist that feels ripped from the very fever dreams he has helped propagate, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy theory. It is one he did not start, but one that he has earned. Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. He had been ill for months. His death was not...

I remembered the first time I heard the term “Artificial Intelligence.” It must have been back in the early 1980s, when personal computers like the Apple II had just begun filtering into our homes and schools. At that time, “AI” sounded like something out of a science fiction movie, not a technology that I would interact with on a daily basis. But here we are, decades later, and the term “AI” is practically everywhere. It is overused, overhyped, and applied to just about any computer program that exhibits the tiniest bit of adaptability. I had spent a large portion...