22 2024 May
How To Overhaul Presidential Debates? Stop Pretending it’s a Debate.
This past week both political parties agreed to hold a Presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump. Many observers are already criticizing it as a...
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01 2024 May
What The New Ban on Non-Competes Actually Means for Companies
This week the FTC issued a rule this week that bans non-compete clauses, estimating that up to 8,500 new startups will be created as a result...
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12 2024 April
Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Use Social Media? Inside the #JailTok Movement and Debate
There is legislation under consideration in the UK that would have “harmful content filmed inside prisons removed from social media platforms more quickly.” It stems from a...
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29 2024 March
This Brilliant Nonprofit Might Have the Answer to Solve America’s Political Division
The widely publicized death of local news has created a knowledge and truth void when it comes to very important public questions. Like how are your tax...
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14 2024 February
Why We Should Celebrate the Most Underappreciated Agency in Government: The EPA
There are parts of the world where the first thing that residents check on their phones when they wake up isn’t their email or the...
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23 2023 December
The 2024 Soft Power Survey Honors Countries Who Still Practice the Art of Diplomacy in Complex Times
Pandas have long been used as a symbol of international cooperation. Known as “envoys of friendship,” the loaning of pandas from China to other nations...
Read Now07 2023 November
Do People Vote for Candidates Who Look Like Them?
There have been several studies in the past that found people tend to prefer going to doctors who share their same ethnic background. This doesn’t seem...
Read Now04 2023 July
Extreme Pride in Being American Remains Near Record Low
A new Gallup poll released just in time for the 4th of July leads with the eye-catching headline that extreme pride in being American is at...
Read Now30 2022 December
The Most Popular Non-Obvious Stories of 2022 (Based On Reader Feedback)
Based on this combination of quantitative and qualitative data, here is a partial list of some of the most popular stories of the year, based on what my readers shared.
Read Now27 2022 September
The Inevitable Death of the “Golden Passport”
For years the European island nation of Malta has offered what many call the "Golden Passport" - an exclusive citizenship to Malta for wealthy donors who can afford the nearly $1M fee.
Read Now15 2022 September
Why Are We So Unprepared For Predictable Things?
In a world where we spend a lot of time worry about disruptions that we can't see coming, this whole week should be a reminder that there are some disruptions we clearly know are coming. So when they do happen, being unprepared is no one's fault but your own.
Read Now08 2022 September
What If We Could Repurpose All Parking Lots?
Parking lots are an eyesore and steal livable space in many cities, yet they have always been treated as a necessary urban evil. But what about in ten years? Or twenty?
Read Now30 2022 August
One Simple Way To Solve the College Loan Debt Crisis
What if student loans had zero percent interest? This is the one solution that could actually solve the student loan debt crisis without creating ensuing resentment and backlash among those who don't benefit from it because they either chose not to borrow for college or already paid back their loans.
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