I don’t typically write about the arts, but Gustavo Dudamel’s move from the Los Angeles Philharmonic to New York represents something bigger than a career change. This is a coast-to-coast story about how leadership works in America’s most traditional institutions. When Dudamel […]
The story of rural healthcare in America is always a story of distance. Distance between patients and providers. Distance between federal policy and local needs. Distance between what is possible and what is practiced. Two years ago, I examined three pioneering programs […]
The plumbing of progress is always invisible until it becomes indispensable. When telegraph cables first crossed the Atlantic, they seemed like curiosities. Within a decade, no ship’s captain could afford to leave port without consulting the latest wire from London. The Suez […]
This year, my writing here reached 100,000 impressions for the first time. But that number tells only part of the story.Behind every impression is a choice someone made. A choice to pause, to read, to engage, sometimes to share. You didn’t have […]
The rules of employment are shifting under workers’ feet. Artificial intelligence isn’t just automating tasks; it is redrawing the boundaries of entire professions. That leaves millions of employees asking the same anxious question: how do I stay employable when the ground itself […]
Margaret Chen has spent thirty-two years teaching fourth grade in San Bernardino. She retired last June with a comfortable pension from CalSTRS, California’s teacher retirement system. What she discovered in her first quarterly statement might have surprised her: among her largest investments […]
Most Americans don’t spend their mornings thinking about sovereign wealth funds. Yet this wonky Washington concept has suddenly entered our national conversation, thanks to recent government moves to buy stakes in companies like Intel and U.S. Steel. President Trump made it official […]
I was having coffee last week with a friend who owns a small marketing firm in Orlando. He’s the kind of guy who talks about “disrupting industries” and “scaling solutions,” the sort of entrepreneur who embodies everything Republicans say they love about […]
They don’t look like much from the highway. Vast anonymous boxes with no windows, buzzing quietly behind fences and guards. But make no mistake: these warehouses of computing power are quickly becoming the most important real estate in America. Every search you […]
There’s something almost subversive about Anki. In a world where every app is designed to capture and monetize your attention, here’s one that actually wants to give your time back to you. It’s the most popular education app in the world, yet […]