The video opens the way these things usually do. A blurred screenshot. A whispery narrator. The suggestion of a hidden… Read more
The Day Duty Quietly Won
Democracy doesn’t collapse overnight. It erodes, step by step, pushed along by leaders who see rules as obstacles instead of… Read more
The Last Train to Somewhere: Chicago Has a Transit Problem. Illinois Has a Math Problem.
Chicago has always had a kinetic pulse. Stand at any Loop corner and you feel it: the steel skeleton of… Read more
The Housing Program So Effective That Lawmakers Are Fighting Their Own Party to Save It
There are moments in Washington when the ideological theater goes quiet and something like common sense breaks through. This is… Read more
The NBA’s Global Bet: How Basketball Became America’s Most Valuable Export
The NBA tipped off another season last night, and for those of us who have followed the game since Reggie… Read more
How to Train Your Own AI (Without Writing a Line of Code)
Want your computer to think more like you? Remember those YouTube lectures you loved? Summarize research papers you bookmarked but… Read more
Mac, Windows… or Maybe Something Better
This week marks a quiet but important milestone in tech life. On Tuesday, October 14th, Windows 10 stops receiving security… Read more
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
Why the Future Belongs to Storytellers
We live in an age obsessed with data, algorithms, and productivity metrics, yet it is easy to overlook the simplest… Read more