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Reader Comments: Next Distraction: Epstein Files...Bomb Iran; “Voter Fraud” - Most Dangerous Political Lie; Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein. Why, Noam?; Americans Pay for Almost All of Trump’s Tariffs; This Will Be Big - Next No Kings is March 28

The Chomskys apologize for being manipulated, for being too trusting, for not researching Epstein’s background, for their “lapse in judgment.” That’s fine. But the Chomskys caused harm. They have yet to apologize for that.

"So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives," said one admirer. "He certainly changed mine."

Advocates of "peace now" in Ukraine would do well to listen to what Ukrainian and Russian progressives have to say.

Reader Comments: Bank Failures, GOP DeRegulation; Pentagon Budget; MAGA in Office Bans Books, Not Guns; Workers and Their Unions; AI, False Promise of ChatGPT; Triangle Shirtwaist Anniversary; Ending the Vietnam War; Rosenberg Case 70 Years Later;

We know from the science of linguistics and the philosophy of knowledge that AI minds differ profoundly from how humans reason and use language. These differences place significant limitations on what these programs can do, encoding them with ineradicable defects.

World crises demand groundbreaking strategies

LGBTQ in Africa, Ecuador ablaze, and talk of stalemate in Myanmar

Opposition to U.S. adventurism is principled. But this is Putin’s adventurism, and the left must stand firmly against it....Supporting the defense of Ukraine is the right thing for the global left to do. Even if our own government is doing it.

At 93, Noam Chomsky is the most important leftist intellectual alive. At 32, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of our most important leftist elected officials. The two recently spoke about our prospects for winning a better world.