The blog of Neil Steinberg

An Illinois Math and Science Academy senior talks about how he uses AI and weighs in on the fraught future of artificial intelligence.

Google Maps agreed to rename the body of water to Lake America last week, but MapQuest has refused

Cheating has always been an option. Now it's easier than ever.

The U.S. Supreme Court sits back and lets Donald Trump undermine elections.

An Illinois funeral association leader begs the state to take action in the wake of the discovery of 56 bodies found at a South Deering funeral home.

Surviving a madman

Could schools, by banning cellphones, be teaching society a lesson, the way they did with smoking?

Nazi Lies in Vance's America

AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 9, 2026, there are 86 days left until the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, which take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. TODAY, THE COUNT DOWN BEGINS⏰

I thought I was allowing some routine software formality. I thought wrong.

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Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging, and sharing your movements without a warrant. But we're not powerless. More and more communities are rejecting these creepy cameras — and yours can be one of them!

Today's rulings must be understood for what they truly are

Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether the White House subverted contracting rules to award Event Strategies Inc. millions in federal contracts.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

We've been here before in Belfast

Behind his bloopers, bungles, and bonkers claims is a dead serious plan

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Three Vietnam War veterans are suing to stop President Trump from building an arch just steps from Arlington National Cemetery, where 400,000 service members, veterans and their relatives are buried.

How the Nazi regime controlled information through press, radio, and film — and how propagandists were judged at Nuremberg.

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

It's a LONG way down from Stephen Colbert to his replacement

He’s a reality TV star running for mayor of Los Angeles with a fan base in the millions and a populist message — but don’t ask him about Donald Trump.

Cambria CEO Marty Davis has successfully asked the U.S. government to put tariffs on quartz. His business competitors are crying foul.

Trump's Iran Downfall is the parody you’ve all been waiting for.

Oh yeah, and this happened. 😳

The retired "Chicago Tonight" host decided he must speak directly to Latino ICE agents about their involvement in the deportation campaign.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

Marina Lacerda urges him to answer questions as Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer says anyone who accepted former royal’s denials ‘should be ashamed’ One of the victims of the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has called for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to answer questions in the US, while a lawyer for the former royal’s accuser said those who had previously believed his denials “should be ashamed of themselves”. Speaking to the Guardian after the release of some of the Epstein files, the tranche of documents related to the disgraced financier, Marina Lacerda, an Epstein survivor, said Mountbatten-Windsor should be “brought to justice”. Continue reading...

Because some 50 million Americans have trouble falling or staying asleep, the internet is jammed with "guided meditations," essentially canned lullabies for adults.