E-bikes were supposed to make transportation easier, artificial intelligence was supposed to preserve knowledge, and the military was supposed to stay out of civilian law enforcement. Today, all three assumptions are getting a serious stress test. And in Washington, one suspicious package managed to bring out the bomb squad for a reason nobody saw coming.

On today’s TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:

E-bikes are becoming faster, more powerful and far more common — and emergency rooms are seeing the consequences. As injuries and deaths climb, states are rewriting rules once meant for ordinary bicycles. At what point does an e-bike stop being a bicycle and become a motorcycle with pedals?

Amazon began as an online bookstore. Now an investigation says books — including rare and out-of-print ti ...