LOVE STORY

Hillary Clintons What Happened Tells the Story of Love in Unexpected Places

Few D.C. pols could have predicted that Hillary Clintons doomed presidential campaign would give rise to a sizzling love affair that now graces the pages of her new memoir.  What Happened is the story of both defeat and redemption.  Its passion rises above the petty politics that most associate with the 2016 election.  [More] 

MEDIA MATTERS

Hurricane Irma Exposes Cable News Networks

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IN THE TOILET

Houston Mayor Orders Residents to Flush More

In an executive order that conflicts with conventional wisdom and modern environmental ethics, Houston Mayor orders residents to flush their toilets more to help clear out floodwaters.  [More]

 

 

Machines Versus Latino Servants -- Showdown ! ! !

Advances in robotics means that the U.S. faces a hard choice on whether to shift from Latino servants to machines. The LBT's Schultz and Katzenberg duke it out to find the answer.

 

Published August 11, 2014

Two seemingly unstoppable forces gather steam in these United States.  They are on a collision course.  On the one hand, advances in computing and robotics are reaching a point where robots may soon perform many of the tasks that previously only could be performed by humans.  At the same time, U.S. welcomes an unprecedented number of unskilled and impoverished Latino laborers to the untold millions already here.  

Thus, a question stares America in the face.  Do we continue to rely upon our Latino servant class to perform our manual labor?  To pick our grapes?  To clean our toilets?  To care for our elderly?  To fry our french fries?  Or do we ask them to return to their homelands and hasten the “rise of the machines”?

Two of The LBT’s commentators will try to resolve this controversy by analyzing a number of important metrics.

 

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