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Let’s Stop Rewarding Visibility Over Value

Posted on: July 9, 2025

Promotions are slowing down, even for top performers. The numbers show it. In early 2024, just 1.3 percent of white-collar workers received promotions, the lowest rate in years. […]

Education / Finance / Policy

What We Get Wrong About Doing Good, Part 1

Posted on: July 8, 2025July 8, 2025

Not long ago, I sat down with the director of a small nonprofit working on food insecurity in a mid-sized city. The organization was lean, focused, and well-respected […]

Ethics / Finance / Healthcare / Policy

Small Towns Deserve More Than Empty Promises

Posted on: July 7, 2025July 7, 2025

Washington debates often revolve around numbers. Trillions in spending. Billions in cuts. A line item here. A policy adjustment there. Out in rural America, the numbers feel less […]

Ethics / Policy

Executive Compensation as a Warning Sign for Society

Posted on: July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

The global economy has never been more divided. Inflation is rising, wages are stagnating, and political fractures are widening. Yet in corporate boardrooms around the world, executive pay […]

Finance / Policy

America’s Smallest Businesses, and Its Biggest Policy Blind Spot

Posted on: June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

You can walk down any Main Street in America and see the small businesses policymakers so often call the “backbone of the economy.” Storefronts, shops, and local employers […]

Media / Policy

After Mamdani: Where Does the Center Go When the Edges Take Over?

Posted on: June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City Democratic primary is being celebrated as a historic breakthrough for the progressive left. Rightfully so. A 33 year old democratic […]

Education / Ethics / Policy / Rights and Equality

Who Is Robert Garcia and Why You Want to Know

Posted on: June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

He was five years old the first time he understood that possibility and uncertainty can arrive together. The air in Long Beach smelled of salt and sunlight as […]

Policy / Technology

Coke, Pepsi, and the Future of Autonomous Ride-Sharing. Why Austin’s Experiment Matters for Public Policy.

Posted on: June 23, 2025June 23, 2025

For years, autonomous vehicles have been framed as a distant technological frontier, an abstract promise of convenience, safety, and efficiency. But in Austin, Texas, that future quietly arrived. […]

Technology

The AI Future Is Quietly Taking Shape & It’s Sitting On Your Desk

Posted on: June 22, 2025June 23, 2025

The most consequential choices we make about technology often unfold quietly. Not in government hearings or viral headlines, but at the checkout counter, inside IT departments, or during […]

Finance / Foreign Policy / Policy

When Revenue Rises but Stability Slips

Posted on: June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

Tariffs are back, louder, sharper, and more lucrative than they’ve been in decades. As of mid-June, the federal government has collected over $72 billion from tariffs in 2025, […]

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