Lucas DiBlasi Articles

Robots taking jobs?

Students factor rise of technology into future careers "My neighbor. . .lost his job to outsourcing and automation, kind of a combination," said economics teacher David Hoffner. "The idea, in economics, is that [when that happens] you need to retrain, you need to get...

The Electoral College: Tried and True

It sounds so wrong: Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by 2 million votes and losing the election. Historically, a situation like this ends with calls for the abolishment of the Electoral College due to this undemocratic result. However, the Electoral College is...

Contrasting Column: The principled vote

Don't vote for the 'lesser evil' "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension...is itself a frightful despotism." George Washington warned the country in his farewell address that falling into a...

Self-driving cars: Loss of control makes self-drive unsafe

Raj Nair, the development chief of Ford Motor's self driving cars, recently told the New York Times that in their current state, autonomous driving cars aren't ready to take on complex driving situations. The comments came in the aftermath of the first fatal car crash...
Table-turning Trump

Table-turning Trump

Donald Trump is known for having offensive and controversial views, but are they only helping his case? The Summer of...