America’s vulnerability to China’s monopoly on rare earths

April 3, 2021 by

Llewellyn King discusses why China’s monopoly on rare earths is a critical national infrastructure risk with John Kutsch, executive director of the Thorium Energy Alliance and David Zaikin, CEO of Key Elements Group.

The Crisis in Journalism — More Reporting Needed

Llewellyn King

There is a lot of dither about the future of journalism. Make no mistake, it is the essential commodity. If you know what is going on in Gaza, Ukraine or Syria, it is because brave journalists told you. Not the government, not some academic institution, not artificial intelligence, and not hearsay from your friends or from a […]

‘Missing Link’ Offers Unique Boost to Renewable Energy Generation

Llewellyn King

In a well-ordered laboratory in Owings Mills, a suburb of Baltimore, an engineer has been perfecting a device that might be called the missing link in renewable energy. Now, it is ready to begin its transformative role in electric generation, bringing electricity to the remotest places in America and adding it to the grid. It is […]

The Backdoor Challenge of AI Machine-Learning

Llewellyn King

The great race is on. It isn’t the one on television, but it is one that has put the world’s wealthiest companies in fierce competition to secure market share in artificial intelligence. The handful of big-tech companies and their satellites may have spent as much as $1 trillion on machine-learning and data center infrastructure to […]

My Newspaper Days (Television, too)

Llewellyn King

On Dec. 13, I will receive an award and give a dinner talk at the National Press Club in Washington, recognizing my 68 years as a journalist and my 58 years as a member of the club. This recognition is from a club subsection, known as the Owls. Silver Owls are those who have roosted […]