Ken Philips

In July 2025 the White House released America’s AI Action Plan , a document that redefines how the United States intends to compete in the global artificial-intelligence race. Signed by President Donald J. Trump and authored by senior officials Michael J. Kratsios, David O. Sacks, and Marco Rubio, the plan replaces Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI.” Where the earlier framework emphasised caution, ethics, and civil-rights protections, this new doctrine...

In a recent address, Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a stark warning: artificial intelligence and robotics, if left unchecked, could dismantle the foundations of the modern working class. His argument extends beyond fears of technological unemployment. It raises a deeper structural question about capitalism itself: what happens to a consumer-driven economy when technology renders consumers redundant as workers? Over the past decade, some of the world’s wealthiest figures—Elon Musk, Jeff...

When I wrote The Finding Itihad , I was thinking about unity, not as an institution, but as a revelation. Itihad  for me was never political. It meant the possibility of world harmony through interreligious dialogue: the idea that the divine might still speak across languages, creeds, and histories if we learn to listen. The Finding  itself alludes to the Finding of Jesus in the Temple, the moment of rediscovery, when something once thought lost is glimpsed again, alive, radiant, and...