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Adkins: The State of Egypt’s Economy
By David Adkins | April 5, 2024Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s rule over Egypt has spelled economic disaster and perpetuated runaway poverty.
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Adkins: Alienated Arab Americans Will Be a Decisive Force in the 2024 Election
By David Adkins | February 9, 2024Arab Americans will have a far greater effect on the 2024 election than we previously thought.
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Adkins: President Sian Beilock Has Set a Dangerous Precedent for Free Speech
By David Adkins | November 9, 2023President Beilock’s reaction to the arrests of student protestors threatens free speech on campus.
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Adkins: Cliches are Cliches for Good Reason
By David Adkins | August 30, 2023Over the course of the next term, you’ll hear a lot of the same things. Listen to them.
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Adkins: Is Automation Really A Good Thing?
By David Adkins | July 21, 2023While automation and technological advancements have increased efficiency and lowered global poverty rates, the impacts on blue collar jobs and the potential consequences of further automation cannot be ignored.
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Adkins: ChatGPT Threatens Personability and Credibility in Journalism
By David Adkins | May 26, 2023The last few months have been filled with conversations about ChatGPT, a language-based AI that answers user questions with a detailed response. Users can input questions ranging from “find me a recipe” to “summarize Titanic.” We all seem to be attempting to understand this artificially intelligent ...
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Adkins: The Case for High Speed Rail in the US
By David Adkins | February 21, 2023To start this winter term at Dartmouth, I took an Amtrak from New York City to White River Junction. As I sat on the train for the seven-hour journey, I couldn’t help but imagine how little time a similar route would take in a place like Europe or Southeast Asia. In Japan, a train ride from Tokyo ...
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Adkins: The 2022 World Cup’s Lessons for the Gulf
By David Adkins | January 24, 2023Though the World Cup saw massive profits, tourism cannot replace the oil-based economies of nations in the Persian Gulf.
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Adkins: Why People Don’t Want to Work
By David Adkins | November 10, 2022People in the United States seemingly don’t want to work. Why?