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How Much Longer Will Americans Pay the Premium? Thanksgiving Reflections from the Crossroads of America

Posted on November 24, 2025 Updated on November 24, 2025

Thanksgiving week in Indiana always tells a story. Highways fill with families, pickup trucks, and the hum of engines that… Read more

Posted in Foreign Policy, Technology     


A Melladee and an Eight Dollar Pi

Posted on November 21, 2025 Updated on November 21, 2025

Some ideas show up so simple that you almost miss how good they really are. Melladee was one of those… Read more

Posted in Art, Media, Music, Technology     


A VLAN for Christmas: The Smart Home Upgrade Parents Don’t Know They Need

Posted on November 15, 2025 Updated on November 19, 2025

Parents usually ask for practical gifts. A working coffeemaker. A night without chores. Something wrapped. This year there is a… Read more

Posted in Art, Media, Technology     


How to Train Your Own AI (Without Writing a Line of Code)

Posted on October 15, 2025 Updated on October 15, 2025

Want your computer to think more like you? Remember those YouTube lectures you loved? Summarize research papers you bookmarked but… Read more

Posted in Education, Technology     


Mac, Windows… or Maybe Something Better

Posted on October 11, 2025 Updated on October 11, 2025

This week marks a quiet but important milestone in tech life. On Tuesday, October 14th, Windows 10 stops receiving security… Read more

Posted in Education, Technology     


Green Energy Won the Market. Ideology Won’t Let It Win the Narrative

Posted on October 7, 2025 Updated on October 7, 2025

There’s a peculiar dynamic at work in American energy policy right now, one that reveals something deeper about our political… Read more

Posted in Climate, Ethics, Policy, Technology     


Better Is Not Discovered Once, It Is Rediscovered Daily

Posted on September 24, 2025 Updated on September 24, 2025

Executives love big ideas. They gather in conference rooms, swap metaphors about “moonshots,” and unveil glossy decks about transformation. Yet… Read more

Posted in Education, Technology     


The Future of AI Belongs to All of Us, Not Just Silicon Valley

Posted on September 22, 2025 Updated on September 22, 2025

Here’s what’s happening right now with artificial intelligence: A handful of giant corporations are seizing control of the most transformative… Read more

Posted in Education, Ethics, Finance, Foreign Policy, Technology     


Build It and They Will Come: Musk Just Bought the Sky

Posted on September 8, 2025 Updated on September 8, 2025

The plumbing of progress is always invisible until it becomes indispensable. When telegraph cables first crossed the Atlantic, they seemed… Read more

Posted in Finance, Policy, Technology     


AI maybe the new king but soon Quantum will be guarding the castle

Posted on August 11, 2025 Updated on August 11, 2025

Here’s the thing about breakthrough technologies: they don’t announce themselves with fanfare. They creep up on us, quietly building momentum… Read more

Posted in Rights and Equality, Technology     


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