Not long ago, I sat down with the director of a small nonprofit working on food insecurity in a mid-sized city. The organization was lean, focused, and well-respected […]
Ethics / Finance / Healthcare / Policy
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Small Towns Deserve More Than Empty Promises
Washington debates often revolve around numbers. Trillions in spending. Billions in cuts. A line item here. A policy adjustment there. Out in rural America, the numbers feel less […]
Finance / Policy
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America’s Smallest Businesses, and Its Biggest Policy Blind Spot
You can walk down any Main Street in America and see the small businesses policymakers so often call the “backbone of the economy.” Storefronts, shops, and local employers […]
Finance / Foreign Policy / Policy
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When Revenue Rises but Stability Slips
Tariffs are back, louder, sharper, and more lucrative than they’ve been in decades. As of mid-June, the federal government has collected over $72 billion from tariffs in 2025, […]
Ethics / Finance / Healthcare
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What Happens When Washington Forgets the Heartland
Every so often, Congress confronts a decision that seems technocratic on the surface but reveals something deeper about our national character. The current debate over Medicaid funding for […]
Education / Finance
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The American Dream Is Collapsing Under Student Debt
Last year, I wrote about the mounting risks of student loan delinquency. It was bad then. It is worse now. The American promise was simple: work hard, get […]
Finance / Healthcare / Policy
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Who Pays for Dinner?
The House Agriculture Committee just passed a $300 billion proposal that answers one question with brutal clarity: Who pays for dinner in America? The answer is not the […]
Finance / Policy
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Coinbase Just Crashed the Club
On May 19, Coinbase joins the S&P 500, the index that defines American capitalism. This is the first time a crypto-native company has been absorbed into the economic bloodstream […]
Ethics / Finance / Policy / Technology
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Still Using Google? So Are 90% of Us. That’s Kind of the Problem.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Google in October 2020. That legal challenge could reshape how small businesses operate in the digital economy. […]
Climate / Education / Finance / Policy
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Why Our Cities Are Quietly Breaking Down
There is a quiet, slow erosion happening across American cities. It is not an earthquake or a sudden crash. It is more like rot in the beams of […]