When Philadelphia learned it would host World Cup matches in 2026, city officials projected the usual benefits: tourism revenue, global… Read more
Month: January 2026
Why Transparency Works and Authority Fights It
The story begins, as so many stories do these days, with something that seemed purely technical and ended somewhere much… Read more
Why You Know a Bad Slice When You Taste One
There are still places in American life where standards are enforced without argument, and you can usually find them wherever… Read more
What Happens When Customers Are Also Owners
American capitalism is often described as a contest. Firms compete. Investors choose. Markets decide. That story, repeated so often it… Read more
The Machinery of Democracy: Literature as a Software Service and a Public Good
In 2020, Kanye West tried to get on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. He needed 2,000 signatures. He submitted 2,422…. Read more
The Quiet Return of Taxation Without Representation
Bruce Richardson has spent a lifetime around tea. He runs Elmwood Inn Fine Teas in Danville, Kentucky, imports leaves from… Read more
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America’s Most Underrated Engine of Opportunity
Evening light spills across the parking lot of a community college as classrooms begin to fill for the night. Students… Read more
How a Consumer Protection Law Became a Corporate Accounting Game
A woman stands at a pharmacy counter on a gray Tuesday afternoon, sliding her insurance card across the laminate. She… Read more
Adaptive Hiring: A Human-Centered Way to Build Future-Ready Teams
Tuesday mornings in shared workspaces look the same across the country. Coffee cups gather beside laptops. Notifications blink with quiet… Read more