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By: Allan Adamson –  techtimes.com – 15 January 2018 An AI algorithm can convert the vocalizations of prairie dogs into English. Now, animal behavior expert Con Slobodchikoff is working on a pet translator that can translate a dog’s barks into human language. When will this device become available? Using artificial intelligence, scientists learn how to translate vocalizations and facial expressions of…

Kevin Seifert, NFL Nation – espn.com – January 14, 2018 Minnesota had less than a 3 percent chance to win before Stefon Diggs caught the 61-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum. Here’s how the tide turned in the final moments — from both teams’ perspectives. The “Minnesota Miracle” happened on a play called “Seven Heaven.” Why do the Minnesota Vikings use…

By: Thomas Kaplan, Noah Weiland and Michael D. Shear – nytimes.com –  January 14, 2018 After three days of denunciations from around the world, President Trump declared that he is “not a racist” on Sunday, even as the uproar over his vulgar remarks on immigration overshadowed critical issues facing the capital, including efforts to protect young undocumented immigrants and avert…

By: Victor Davis Hanson – nationalreview.com – January 11, 2018 By cutting off hundreds of millions in American aid to the Palestinian Authority, President Trump could radically alter the Middle East. President Trump set off another Twitter firestorm last week when he hinted that he may be considering cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual U.S. aid to…

By: Lauretta Brown – townhall.com – January 10, 2018 A record number of Republicans are leaving the House of Representatives in 2018, either to retire or to seek higher office. A total of 31 House Republicans will not be running for re-election in 2018 with Rep Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) retirement announcement Wednesday. There are different factors going into each member’s retirement…

By: Maria Sacchetti, Patricia Sullivan and Ed O’Keefe – washingtonpost.com – January 10, 2018 Trump administration’s plan to phase out protections was temporarily blocked late Tuesday in federal court. The Trump administration vowed Wednesday to fight a federal injunction that temporarily blocked its plans to rescind work permits for young undocumented immigrants, insisting that Congress must find a solution for those…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – January 9, 2018 Let’s ponder a disturbing question: What if the crisis of free speech on college campuses, with their often extreme intolerance for conservative points of view, represents the high point for free expression in a student’s life? In other words, what if the “real world” is more repressive, more ignorant, and more punitive…

David Brooks – nytimes.com – JAN. 8, 2018 The quality of the opposition is deteriorating. Let me start with three inconvenient observations, based on dozens of conversations around Washington over the past year: First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving…

By David Brancaccio – marketplace.org – January 08, 2018 The GenForward survey spoke with millennials about their views on the future of America. We’re nearing the one-year mark of the Trump administration. With policies that are starkly different from the previous eight years under President Barack Obama, how are young people feeling about the future of the country? There’s a project out…

By: Catherine Lucey - washingtonpost.com – January 10, 2018 President Winfrey? No way, says political prognosticator Donald Trump. “I’ll beat Oprah,” the president declared flatly at a White House meeting Tuesday — though he quickly added, “I don’t think she’s going to run.” Asked about all the presidential speculation suddenly swirling around Winfrey, the typically pugilistic Trump steered clear of nasty…

By: Seung Min Kim, Heather Caygle, Ted Hesson and Rachel Bade – politico.com – January 9, 2018 President Donald Trump’s freewheeling, televised — and, at times, incoherent — immigration meeting with lawmakers Tuesday accomplished one thing at least, according to attendees: They agreed on what they would try to agree on. Yet even that tentative outline is prompting pushback from…