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How Institutions Create Heroes Who Can’t Survive the Pedestal Jason Arday’s story was supposed to be inspirational — a Hollywood‑grade triumph over adversity. Instead, it became a tragedy. And not…
Why the GOP Keeps Falling for the Same Mirage California has become the political equivalent of a desert mirage: shimmering with possibility from a distance, evaporating the moment Republicans get…
Grading of the current Republican Leaders With June signaling the beginning of Summer and more importantly the end of school…” it’s time to grade the people running the country. And…
A field report from America’s most self-congratulatory experiment. Inspired by the touching tale of Jennifer Siebel Newsom taking her children to Alabama to learn about racism, I felt moved to…
The Prophet Who Never Paid for Being Wrong With the death of Paul Ehlrich last week, I thought I would provide a more apt obituary than what many of our…
Legalizing Marijuana Was a Mistake — And the Evidence Is Finally Catching Up For more than a decade, Americans were sold a comforting narrative: marijuana legalization would be harmless, profitable,…
The Case for Tort Reform in the United States Tort law was originally designed to compensate individuals harmed by the actions or negligence of others. Over time, it has evolved…
The Ideal Built on a Feel‑Good Fallacy I recently got into an argument on LinkedIn about the idea of a livable wage, like this is a human right and not…
2026 Enters with a bang The Capture of Maduro Not only was this a big shock that this actually happened but how seamlessly the operation was completed. Yes, Maduro and…
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