There are moments in Washington when the ideological theater goes quiet and something like common sense breaks through. This is… Read more
Category: Policy
Green Energy Won the Market. Ideology Won’t Let It Win the Narrative
There’s a peculiar dynamic at work in American energy policy right now, one that reveals something deeper about our political… Read more
The Subversive Power of Sharing Books
One of the quiet pleasures of middle age is scanning your own bookshelf, not for something new, but for the… Read more
The Heartland Pays the Price of Tariffs
On a quiet stretch of Indiana farmland, the combines should be humming. September is harvest season, when grain silos begin… Read more
Tariffs, Turbulence, and a Tumbling Job Market
Eighteen months ago, I wrote about an economy trapped in perpetual limbo, like a plane hovering above the runway, promising… Read more
The Battle Over Healthcare Insurance Subsidies
Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia is hardly the person you’d expect to be leading the charge to save Obamacare subsidies…. Read more
Three Blueprints for Healing Rural America
The story of rural healthcare in America is always a story of distance. Distance between patients and providers. Distance between… Read more
Build It and They Will Come: Musk Just Bought the Sky
The plumbing of progress is always invisible until it becomes indispensable. When telegraph cables first crossed the Atlantic, they seemed… Read more
The Power of Small Acts
This year, my writing here reached 100,000 impressions for the first time. But that number tells only part of the… Read more
The Cost of Change Should Not Fall on Workers Alone
The rules of employment are shifting under workers’ feet. Artificial intelligence isn’t just automating tasks; it is redrawing the boundaries… Read more