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Despite this summer’s celebrations of the 250th, US democracy looks fragile to some. But there are signs everywhere that what is actually insecure is the ongoing right-wing quest to control the levers of power. As Hannah Arendt, theorist of totalitarianism, astutely observed, “violence appears where power is in jeopardy.” And in the summer of 2026 […]

The United States (US) has endured biannual clock changes for 60 years.  A recently passed bill in the US House to make daylight saving time (DST) permanentmay finally end this clock change gymnastics.  Canada has also endured their own clock change chaos, dating back to 1908. In general, the further away a location is from the equator, the […]

While every child needs loving parents, children also need aunties, uncles, and a host of other adults who are invested in their success to thrive. As childcare costs soar, aunties like us are becoming indispensable. Last Sunday was National Aunt and Uncle’s Day. It passed with much less fanfare than Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, […]

Federal drug policy has a habit of mistaking harshness for seriousness. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest move against 7-hydroxymitragynine, better known as 7-OH, is a case in point. On July 6, the DEA published a notice of intent to place products containing 7-OH above a prescribed threshold into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, […]

Every night on my drive home to the City of Ventura, California, a sidewalk food vendor on Main Street is selling tacos in front of established restaurants. They have a giant cylinder of meat under a heat lamp completely exposed to the car exhaust of the roadway traffic, a variety of sides and sauces that […]

This March, a jury found that Meta and Google had deliberately designed their platforms to addict young users and had contributed to depression and anxiety in a young woman who compulsively used social media as a child, awarding her $6 million in damages. While the case is a stark reminder of the negative effects of social media […]

Earlier this year, 8,000 Meta employees woke up to find they had lost their jobs. But while the country panics over which white-collar jobs AI will erase next, a quieter labor catastrophe is unfolding. The silent army of skilled tradesmen who hammer, wire, heat, and build the foundation upon which all of our institutions depend is retiring faster […]

The brutal historical reality is Iran has been waging war against the United States since 1979. Those who critique the current military mission of the United States to degrade and destroy Iran’s offensive capabilities, including its nascent nuclear weapons program, are denying history when they claim our response is unjustified and unprovoked. Iran’s clerical, despot […]

In 2007, as new data protection rules were coming into play, particularly with the proposed Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006, my company published a piece in BusinessWeek titled: “Oops, Darn It, We Lost Your PIN.” The headline was meant to be unsettling. It highlighted how casually some companies seemed to handle […]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to a close, and it has been extremely exciting this year. It has also raised an important question: What responsibilities do FIFA and host nations owe players and supporters? As an Ecuadorian, I was deeply saddened when Ecuador lost its World Cup Round of 32 match against Mexico, […]