Letter to the editor: Time to end ‘toxic’ rivalry
To the editor: Well done. Thank you for saying publicly what many of us have been thinking for decades. It’s time to end this toxic rivalry. Suzanne Mills, Lawrence
Letters to the Editor
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Letter to the editor: If we regulated DNA cloning, we should regulate AI
To the editor: In the early days of cloning DNA, an international group of experts met to set standards to protect human health. Why can’t we do something similar for AI? Now! Experts with the MIT AI Risk Initiative judge that many risks could cause catastrophic outcomes under current ...
Letter to the editor: A dying superpower
To the editor: "A superpower is dying by suicide because the Republican Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the mad king." Journalist Garrett Graff wrote that sentence in a Wired Magazine column published Jan. 22, and historian Heather Cox Richardson quoted it in her own column, Jan. 26. ...
Letter to the editor: Proposed amendment targets women
To the editor: If you are a woman who changed your last name after getting married, the upcoming vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment regarding citizenship and voting is crucial. The amendment would make it harder for you — even impossible — to vote in future elections. ...
Letter to the editor: Cruel to Cuba
To the editor: The U.S. State Department has deployed another round of society-crippling tariffs against our neighbors in Cuba. Regardless of one’s position with respect to their country’s failed and corrupt leadership, I believe it is grossly immoral for our own government to try to ...
Letter to the editor: Don’t take the easy way out on voting
To the editor: Voting in our elections is a privilege, an honor and also a real challenge. The issues may be, likely are, complicated. We may be asked to vote for many candidates. We have a great deal of electoral advertising to wade through as well as, for many candidates, a historical ...