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The United States Just Hit $40 Trillion in Debt. Here’s What That Actually Means
The milestone is mostly symbolic. The cost of carrying that debt and the fact that Washington continues adding to it during relatively normal economic…
Faith, Hope, and Love
A meditation for the agnostic, the believer, and everyone in between Governments rise and fall, systems fail, leaders disappoint. But faith, hope, and love…
When Extradition Becomes a Bargaining Chip
Minnesota says Gov. Greg Abbott is violating the Constitution by withholding the extradition of an ICE agent charged with assault. Abbott first raised a…
The Camera Isn’t the Question Anymore
Automated license plate readers were sold as tools for finding stolen cars and wanted suspects. As those cameras become part of nationwide, AI-searchable networks,…
Did This Poll Ever Happen?
A fake polling firm slipped fabricated numbers into American elections and called it a “social experiment.” The more troubling question is how voters are…
Loose Lips, Broken Ships?
What the USS Abraham Lincoln Is Telling Us About War, Endurance and Secrecy My first reaction was not particularly sympathetic. Nine months? That was…
Ten Miles Apart, Two Very Different School Districts
Temple ISD and Belton ISD sit barely ten miles apart, but their students, histories, and civic identities tell very different stories about public education…
Texas’ Voting Law Survived. But the Fifth Circuit Mostly Ruled on Who Gets to Challenge It.
Texas Senate Bill 1 is back in force after another Fifth Circuit ruling. But the most important part of the decision may not be…
The Quiet Truth
A Thought Experiment on Truth, Silence, and Moral Responsibility Abstract This thought experiment examines the ethical dilemma of whether to disclose a painful truth…
More Than 10,000 Americans Have Cyclospora. The Outbreak Is Also a Test of the System Meant to Find It.
Iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has been linked to one major cluster in an extraordinary summer surge of cyclosporiasis. The parasite is difficult to…