Brief Reflections on 习近平以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党 [Xi Jinping, Advance Full and Rigorous Governance over the Party]; Qiushi Editorial "Implement Xi Jinping’s Thinking on Party Building" [把习近平党建思想贯彻到从严管党治党实践中]] lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Fall 2026 (Vol 112(4)) of Academe (Magazine of the American Association of University Professors) Now Available: Theme--The Brave New World of Higher Ed; with Reflections on The Reconstruction of US Research Infrastructure lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

ICoCA Newsletter July-September 2026: A Reflection on its theme Securing Communities for a Just Transition lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Reflections on 国家发展改革委有关负责同志就《关于发展新质生产力的意见》答记者问 [A Responsible Official of the National Development and Reform Commission Answers Reporters Questions on the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces] lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Who Reads the Vessel?: The Golem, the Echo, and the UN Scientific Panel’s Brief on the OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident, with Two Receptions--A stereoscopic Reading of UN AI Regulation Debates lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Posting Discussion Draft, "God, Golem, Monster, or Instrument: Belief, Cognition, and the Covert Premises of AI Regulation" lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

CfP: Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association and Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum Conference lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Thumos (θυμός, the Spirited Soul) and the America First Merchant State: Reflections on Secretary Marco Rubio's Athens Address, The Pnyx, 7 October 2026 lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Brief Reflections on President Trumps Executive Order, Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (29 Sept 2026) and the Naming of the Humans Who will Serve in and as the Super Intelligence Force lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Reconstructing Legality in Cuba--Structure, First Principles, Methodology, and Pathways to Reform (Action Plan and Quality Checklist) [Reconstrucción de la legalidad en Cuba] lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Reflections on Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Corporate governance, business and human rights (A/81/180/UNGA, 14 July 2026) lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/..…... See less

"Voices From the Structuring Silence The Netanyahu and Abbas Addresses at the 81st UN General Assembly Read Against the Semiotic Architecture of 'Reading in Three Dimensions'" lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Reading in Three Dimensions: The 81st UN General Assembly Addresses of the United States, Türkiye, Iran, and Jordan as Sites of Layered Meaning, Concealed Theology, and Competing Legalities lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Reflections on 智能体规范应用与创新发展实施意见 [Implementation Opinions on the Standardized Application and Innovative Development of Intelligent Agents] and Global Trends lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Hold High the Banner of AI Modernization and Forward Movement Along the America First Path--Donald Trump on Truth Social: "I am Forming the AI Force" lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

The Semiotics of Path Dependence and the Management of Institutionalized Human-Machine System Interaction; Reflections on the MIT Ad Hoc Committee Report on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training, and Policy Operationalization Appendix lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

The Semiotic Vessels of AI: Dario Amodei's "We Must Pace the Frontier" Read Through the Demon Protocols and the Semiotics of Cognition and Conversion lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Rough transcript with an English translation included; This delivers better orally, and in Spanish, but even if you can't understand Spanish the tone and the visuals may be worth a quick look. Un Cubano en el Infierno [A Cuban in Hell] lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…

Stress Testing AI Classroom Policies and Pedagogy--A Preliminary Analysis lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/20…