The AI race runs on Gulf Oil: What the Iran war reveals about tech geopolitics
On March 1st 2026 Iranian drones struck Amazon AWS data centers in UAE and Bahrain. Banking applications went dark, payments failed across the world and Amazon shifted its ongoing workload to other regions of the…
We shouldn't call aging a disease — here's why
Time comes for all of us. No amount of wealth, status, or scientific ambition changes that. Yet a growing movement in medicine wants to classify aging itself as a disease — and eventually cure it….
What happens after the graduation applause?
This June, millions of graduating high school seniors across the country may worry about what they will wear or about not tripping as they walk across the stage, or, if they have a name like…
We were right about literacy. Why did children have to wait?
For years, parents, educators, researchers, and advocates have been sounding the same alarm: too many children were being denied the opportunity to become proficient readers because schools refused to fully embrace what science already knew….
Populist Republicans need to speak softly and carry a big stick – not carry water for union kingpins
So there are some huge pictures of Presidents Trump and Teddy Roosevelt hanging from the Department of Labor building in Washington, DC, right now – recognizing the two presidents who perhaps stood up for the…
Social media and understanding the pain of others
The Internet and social media pulled us all together so that our pain could lock us up in our own personal silos to protect us from each other. There is a cruel irony to the…
Frank Sinatra 2026: the golden age of the protection racket
If you think that the biggest news in the summer of 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, think again. The truest sign of the zeitgeist is not the commemoration of the…
The cautionary tale of China and American chips
The great American wit H.L. Mencken once observed: “There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.” Today, a great problem facing U.S. policymakers is how to maintain America’s technological edge…
Gen Z voters are disillusioned: we need ranked-choice voting
This week, I voted in my second California gubernatorial primary. As the strategy director at a nonprofit focused on youth civic engagement, you’d think I’d be enthusiastic. But my peers and I are exhausted. Our…