On a quiet street in Shelby, North Carolina, a medical office sat ready for a colleague who would never arrive…. Read more
Category: Policy
The Machinery of Democracy Released in Hardback
The Machinery of Democracy, a new nonfiction work by Dr. Cary Woods, has been released in hardback. The book examines… Read more
The Case for Shared Stewardship in Artificial Intelligence
American public life has a habit of turning every emerging technology into a cultural battleground. Railroads were once instruments of… Read more
Who Is Rand Paul and Why You Want to Know
Politics tends to flatten people. Over time, complex lives get reduced to a handful of talking points, a voting record,… Read more
The Unlikely Dignity of Mike Pence
Hoosier politics has long operated on a kind of practical decency: the conviction that even when national passions run hot,… Read more
Big Yellow Taxi Economics: A Letter of Gratitude to Jerome Powell
Big Yellow Taxi begins with a lament. Joni Mitchell warns that “you do not know what you’ve until it is… Read more
Understanding the National Defense Authorization Act and Why This Year Is Different
For more than six decades, the National Defense Authorization Act has been one of the quiet wonders of American governance…. Read more
Why Energy Policy Feels Different When Winter Arrives
The first cold snap always carries a kind of civic honesty test. There is that familiar moment when the furnace… Read more
An Open Letter to the WNBA and Its Stakeholders
Commissioner Engelbert, WNBPA leadership, team owners, and members of the basketball community: I am writing as a longtime supporter of… Read more
The Day the People’s House Went Dark
Congress is supposed to argue. It is supposed to debate, negotiate, and fight like hell over ideas that affect millions… Read more