Hiltzik: The new weapons against disinformation
In recent years, disinformation has seemed to be on an inexorable march across the scientific and medical landscape. Prominent politicians, up to and including the former president, have promoted useless…
Read More » Hiltzik: Who’s winning in Sarah Silverman’s copyright suit against OpenAI?
If you’ve been following the war between authors and the purveyors of AI chatbots over whether the latter are infringing the copyrights of the former, you might have concluded that…
Read More » Hiltzik: The climate scientist who won $1 million from global warming deniers
One of the major issues confronting scientists today — especially those working in the heavily politicized fields of global warming, vaccines and the origin of COVID-19 — is how to…
Read More » Hiltzik: Bidenomics proves to be an economy that serves all
The turning point in Americans’ perception of the economy — that despite months of doom-colored predictions of a looming recession — may have occurred on Jan. 25. That was the…
Read More » Hiltzik: Pseudoscience at the Supreme Court
If the effort to ban medication abortion now before the Supreme Court demonstrates anything, it’s that the damage caused in our society by junk science can be disastrous indeed. That’s…
Read More » Hiltzik: The legacy of music industry journalist Chuck Philips
Few people outside the music industry may know the name Chuck Philips, but few inside the industry will forget it. As the leading music industry investigative reporter of his generation…
Read More » Hiltzik: An anti-LGBTQ+ judge stands up for DeSantis
On the face of it, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis achieved an important victory Wednesday in his two-year battle with Walt Disney Co., as a federal judge tossed Disney’s lawsuit contending…
Read More » Hiltzik: Haley’s healthcare policies are disastrous
Nikki Haley blocked the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act while she was governor of South Carolina. Her policies on abortion rights are execrable. Her home state has…
Read More » Hiltzik: Ron DeSantis, loser – Los Angeles Times
Sunday was a tough day for those, like me, who get their entertainment jollies by watching losers try to redeem themselves. I’m not talking only about the Buffalo Bills, the…
Read More » Hiltzik: Another landmark misfire at Davos
Those of us who diligently follow financial forecasts know that the go-to place for mapping out the course of the economy over the coming 12 months is Davos, Switzerland, the…
Read More » Hiltzik: The overprotesting Bill Ackman
There was a time, I must admit, when the hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman was one of my Wall Street heroes. It started in December 2012. Ackman had decided to…
Read More » Hiltzik: The drugstore loophole that threatens abortion privacy
The American legal system has a message for women concerned about their abortion rights: Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your pharmacist is your friend. Thanks to a gaping…
Read More » Hiltzik: Clarence Thomas and the self-pity of the rich
Articles asking us to feel sympathy for families barely scraping by on healthy six-figure incomes may be staples of the financial press, but it’s rare that they come packaged as…
Read More » Hiltzik: A top roboticist douses hype about AI, self-driving cars
If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you. Believers felt themselves validated by seeing excitement and fear about AI chatbots reach previously untouched heights. Skeptics may…
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