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Month: August 2025


America’s Trillion-Dollar Temptation

Posted on August 27, 2025 Updated on August 27, 2025

Most Americans don’t spend their mornings thinking about sovereign wealth funds. Yet this wonky Washington concept has suddenly entered our… Read more

Posted in Finance, Publications, Sports     


The Quiet Crisis in America’s Waiting Rooms

Posted on August 25, 2025 Updated on August 25, 2025

I was having coffee last week with a friend who owns a small marketing firm in Orlando. He’s the kind… Read more

Posted in Policy     


Why Your Utility Bill is Funding the AI Boom

Posted on August 24, 2025 Updated on August 25, 2025

They don’t look like much from the highway. Vast anonymous boxes with no windows, buzzing quietly behind fences and guards…. Read more

Posted in Policy     


The Intellectual Elegance of Damien Elmes

Posted on August 20, 2025 Updated on August 20, 2025

There’s something almost subversive about Anki. In a world where every app is designed to capture and monetize your attention,… Read more

Posted in Education, Ethics     


Burnout, Boundaries, and the Battle to Balance Care and Career

Posted on August 19, 2025 Updated on August 19, 2025

There’s a woman I know who makes chicken pot pie every Tuesday. Last week, she forgot the chicken. Not because… Read more

Posted in Ethics, Healthcare     


The House We All Live In

Posted on August 15, 2025 Updated on August 15, 2025

Every once in a while, a problem comes along that is so big, so intertwined with everything else, that we… Read more

Posted in Finance, Homelessness, Policy     


The One Question That Helped a Small Business Stop Losing Good People

Posted on August 14, 2025 Updated on August 15, 2025

Jenna runs a 35-person coffee roastery in the foothills of North Carolina. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows… Read more

Posted in Ethics, Policy, Rights and Equality     


When Fewer Babies Meet Rising Prices. Rethinking Inflation in an Aging World

Posted on August 13, 2025 Updated on August 15, 2025

Most people think of inflation as a four-letter word in economic form. Prices go up, wages struggle to keep pace,… Read more

Posted in Finance, Policy     


AI maybe the new king but soon Quantum will be guarding the castle

Posted on August 11, 2025 Updated on August 11, 2025

Here’s the thing about breakthrough technologies: they don’t announce themselves with fanfare. They creep up on us, quietly building momentum… Read more

Posted in Rights and Equality, Technology     


Unequal. Unjust. Unacceptable: A Global Dashboard of Redistribution and Inequality

Posted on August 6, 2025 Updated on August 6, 2025

What happens when we stop asking how much people make and start asking how fairly it gets shared? That question… Read more

Posted in Education, Finance, Foreign Policy, Policy     


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