US Policy

The Joe Kent Resignation

A Gold Star husband, a Green Beret, and a controversial Trump appointee just quit over the Iran war. Everyone's claiming him.

Mar 17 · 7 min read
Tech & Society

The Atlassian Layoffs

Atlassian is growing 21% a year. It just fired 1,600 people 'for AI.'

Mar 17 · 6 min read
Culture & Media

Chalamet's Fall From Grace

He won the Golden Globe, dissed ballet, and lost the Oscar. Now his own fans are writing eulogies for who he used to be.

Mar 17 · 4 min read
US Policy

Now Cuba??

The embargo failed for 64 years. Now there's a blockade. Fuel is down 90% and the grid just collapsed.

Mar 17 · 5 min read
Geopolitics

Did Iran Already Win?

Its military is in ruins. Its proxies are scattered. Its leader is dead. But it still has the Strait and the uranium.

Mar 17 · 6 min read
Culture & Media

The True Crime Podcast

42 million Americans listen every month. Four cold cases got solved. One family wakes up every few months to a new Dahmer show.

Mar 17 · 5 min read
US Policy

What Is MAHA?

Depends who you ask. A preventive health revolution, an anti-vaxx crusade, a libertarian project, or all three at once.

Mar 16 · 5 min read
US Policy

Was DEI a Failure?

Corporations are running from it. The left says it was never real. And the data is more complicated than either side admits.

Mar 16 · 4 min read
Tech & Society

Is Your Chatbot Sentient?

Google fired an engineer for saying LaMDA was sentient. Less than four years later, Anthropic said Claude might be.

Mar 16 · 6 min read
Tech & Society

Should Schools Ban AI?

NYC banned ChatGPT, reversed it in four months, and still doesn't know what to do. Nobody does.

Mar 16 · 5 min read
Tech & Society

Raising The Dead

A $22 billion industry sells conversations with the dead. Grief therapists can't agree if that's medicine or poison.

Mar 16 · 4 min read
US Policy

Is the DHS Shutdown Worth It?

Democrats want reforms, Republicans don't, and TSA workers are sleeping in their cars.

Mar 16 · 5 min read
Culture & Media

Did the Oscars Land?

The 98th Academy Awards had record noms, historic firsts, and a Best Picture split -- and the takes are still coming in.

Mar 16 · 6 min read
Tech & Society

Is College Over?

Tech leaders say degrees are obsolete. Others say they're more essential than ever. The answer, well, depends.

Mar 15 · 7 min read
economics

War's Windfall

Oil companies are cashing in during this war.

Mar 15 · 4 min read
Tech & Society

Karp's Power Shift

Will the AI revolution hurt college-educated women the most?

Mar 15 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Was Trump Surprised?

His top general said Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz. Was he surprised when it actually closed?

Mar 15 · 4 min read
Geopolitics

Kharg Island: The Oil Chokehold

Ninety percent of Iran's oil flows through one tiny island. Trump is threatening to flatten it.

Mar 15 · 4 min read
economics

Oil At $300?

A few outliers say yes. Economics says no.

Mar 15 · 4 min read