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Cryptocurrencies, NFTs and Web 3: Is it all hype or the real deal?

Last week, the White House released the “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets,” making the case for a whole-of-government “strategy to protect consumers, financial stability, national security, and address climate risks” through the exploration of a ...

Center for Tobacco Products needs reforms, not more authority

Despite the Food and Drug Administration being a failure to public health, federal lawmakers continue to give the agency more authority to eliminate what is left of the American mom-and-pop vape industry. On March 15, President Biden signed an omnibus budget bill. Jammed in the 2,700-plus ...

Let’s rebuild US-S. Korean ties

The incoming government of South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol faces a complicated, sensitive issue in carrying out his campaign pledge to “rebuild” relations with the United States. It will be a relief for the Americans to see an administration in Seoul that adopts a realistic ...

Predicting extreme weather on Earth starts in space

Extreme weather events are becoming more common, and more concerning. In December, unusually warm weather produced the deadliest tornado outbreak ever seen for that time of year, with one supercell resulting in a “colossal tornado” that decimated communities across Arkansas and Kentucky. ...

How does the Supreme Court nomination process work?

Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is President Biden’s nominee to become the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. With confirmation hearings underway, is confirmation for Judge Jackson a sure thing? When Associate Justice Stephen Breyer ...

Google, MEDITECH and the future of electronic health records

Will Google become your most important health care provider? A recent announcement may aspire to that possibility. At the March 2022 conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Google announced a partnership with MEDITECH, a giant in the field of electronic health ...