The game unfolds the way it always has, without apology, without hurry, without the slightest concern for what the rest… Read more
Category: Education
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
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
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
January Is for Deployment, Not Declarations
Every January arrives carrying an unreasonable burden. We ask it to reset habits, clarify purpose, and somehow compensate for everything… Read more
The Moral Difference Between Effort and Outcome
American life has developed a convenient habit: we treat outcomes as moral verdicts. If you succeed, you must have earned… Read more
What We Learned by Watching What Didn’t Break
Every December, we make the same mistake. We treat the year as something to summarize rather than something to absorb…. Read more
What Tech Cannot Replace During the Holidays
The year did not collapse. That is not nothing. A school quietly opened a food pantry so families could pick… Read more
Hope as a Political Act, A Thanksgiving Reflection
People gather in kitchens across America today. Someone is checking the turkey, another is trying to find the good plates,… Read more
The Big Ten’s Payday Loan
College football functions as civic ritual as much as sport. The stadiums resemble cathedrals. The rituals resemble holidays. Generations of… Read more