Can Taylor Swift Transform our Public Square?
Jennifer Young Perlman Jennifer Young Perlman

Can Taylor Swift Transform our Public Square?

Mounds of content have been written about Taylor Swift's outsized impact on the music industry, the economy, our culture. But what about her impact on the public square?

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MyPhone Called Me a Liar
Jennifer Young Perlman Jennifer Young Perlman

MyPhone Called Me a Liar

What happens when a bot calls you a liar? Is it expressing an opinion? And if so, does the First Amendment extend its privileges to AI?

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Another Stop Along the Tracks of Time
Jennifer Young Perlman Jennifer Young Perlman

Another Stop Along the Tracks of Time

(Originally published in the Rocky Mountain News, 2007)

At the eastern edge of Colorado’s rugged San Juan Mountains, along the headwaters of the Rio Grande, lie 22 miles of rail. Tourists, as many as 600 a day, will ride a train through this river valley, resurrecting a railroad long discarded. Resurrection, however, is pitting one community against another.

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