Month: October 2025

The Last Train to Somewhere: Chicago Has a Transit Problem. Illinois Has a Math Problem.

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Chicago has always had a kinetic pulse. Stand at any Loop corner and you feel it: the steel skeleton of the L humming above, declaring that this city believes in motion. The tracks run not only through downtown corridors but through the city’s sense of itself. Chicagoans will tell you that you can navigate life Read More “The Last Train to Somewhere: Chicago Has a Transit Problem. Illinois Has a Math Problem.”

The Housing Program So Effective That Lawmakers Are Fighting Their Own Party to Save It

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There are moments in Washington when the ideological theater goes quiet and something like common sense breaks through. This is one of them. Twenty-two House Republicans, led by Long Island Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Nick LaLota, have sent a draft letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner with an unusual request: please do not disrupt the Read More “The Housing Program So Effective That Lawmakers Are Fighting Their Own Party to Save It”

The NBA’s Global Bet: How Basketball Became America’s Most Valuable Export

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The NBA tipped off another season last night, and for those of us who have followed the game since Reggie and Rik, something feels different this time. The league is no longer chasing the NFL. It is quietly outgrowing it. The NFL still makes more money, but that’s not the same as momentum. Football owns Read More “The NBA’s Global Bet: How Basketball Became America’s Most Valuable Export”

How to Train Your Own AI (Without Writing a Line of Code)

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Want your computer to think more like you? Remember those YouTube lectures you loved? Summarize research papers you bookmarked but never read? You can train your own AI to do exactly that. No coding. No cloud clusters. No PhD required. All you need: two free tools. YouTube and NotebookLM. Step 1: Choose Your Brain Food Read More “How to Train Your Own AI (Without Writing a Line of Code)”

Mac, Windows… or Maybe Something Better

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This week marks a quiet but important milestone in tech life. On Tuesday, October 14th, Windows 10 stops receiving security updates. After that, every unpatched PC becomes a little riskier to use. For millions of families, that means one thing: someone’s about to call you for help. I’m already there. My parents’ computer has started Read More “Mac, Windows… or Maybe Something Better”

Green Energy Won the Market. Ideology Won’t Let It Win the Narrative

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There’s a peculiar dynamic at work in American energy policy right now, one that reveals something deeper about our political moment than mere partisanship. The facts themselves are straightforward enough. Seventeen of the twenty-two states drawing the highest share of their electricity from wind and solar now enjoy below-average retail power prices. Iowa generates nearly Read More “Green Energy Won the Market. Ideology Won’t Let It Win the Narrative”