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Oct 19, 2026
The U.S. national debt recently passed $40 trillion, a number so large that the human brain simply refuses to process it. When President Trump took the oath of office for his second...
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Oct 12, 2026
For decades, Hollywood warned us about killer robots marching through the streets, reducing humanity to piles of ash. But that scenario represents only one side of the rather scary...
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Oct 6, 2026
We have moved well past the point where artificial intelligence represents a simple software upgrade or a clever chat interface on a smartphone. The sheer magnitude of capital...
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Sep 28, 2026
The U.S. now functions as two distinct, fully realized nations occupying the same geographic coordinates. One exists in concrete and brick, where citizens drive 20-year-old sedans...
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Aug 4, 2026
The American Dream once came with an actual finish line. For much of the 1950s and 1960s, the script was simple enough for a child to understand. You worked hard, stayed loyal to...
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Jul 20, 2026
For decades, economists have stared at the declining labor force participation rate among American men the way medieval villagers stared at an eclipse: bewildered, frightened and...
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Jun 17, 2026
When SpaceX hit the Nasdaq on Friday and made Elon Musk the first trillionaire, plenty of Americans saw cause for celebration. Adam Schiff saw a crime scene. Something is “terribly...
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Apr 27, 2026
Tens of millions of Americans are three months away from financial ruin. A single quarter stands between the average household and bankruptcy, and the average household knows it.Tens...
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Apr 7, 2026
A recession is coming — not the manicured kind economists dress up in euphemism, but a real one, the kind that redefines the word retroactively. Niall Ferguson has...
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Mar 2, 2026
Americans feel crushed. Basic survival has replaced aspiration. That shift crept in quietly, bill by bill, renewal by renewal, until the future felt less like a horizon and more...
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Feb 2, 2026
For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively. I treated it as a liberal fantasy — an invitation to idleness, a subsidy for stagnation, a sedative...
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Jan 19, 2026
America is absolutely exhausted, and understandably so. Bone-deep fatigue takes hold when a system stops delivering dignity, security, or even a believable future. That exhaustion...