Stuart, Florida turns Woods' crash into a five-year asset forfeiture
The system always finds a way to monetize moral panic.
By Imani Sutton ·
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Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next "great observatory," launches into space
The launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was a spectacle worthy of its own chapter in history.
By Grant Colby ·
Roman Telescope confirms US dominance from Kennedy Space Center
The spectacle of the launch—a SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifting the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 2026—is framed by the usual mix…
By Tom Beckwith ·
Grand jury says DeSantis misused $10 million Medicaid funds
The moment you see public funds—money meant for Medicaid settlements, money intended to help poor and sick children—being funneled into political action committees, your instincts…
By Bram de Vries ·
José Suárez in Kenya proves power always adjusts control
The headlines write these things off as tragedy. A tourist accident, an unfortunate turn in the bush.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Nixon’s win in Florida proves dissent beats Vindman's funding
What we witnessed in Florida was not merely a political upset; it was an arithmetic correction, demonstrating that when American institutions are run by those who believe their…
By Emilio Quesada ·
Florida: DeSantis and Trump could not shield Cory Mills
The illusion of political invincibility is perhaps the most profitable lie sold in Washington.
By Maya Ellison ·
Donalds vs Jolly: Florida primaries reveal procedural power plays
The Florida primary results are not merely a contest between Byron Donalds and David Jolly; they are a performance of power that reveals just how brittle modern political legitimacy has become.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Florida's primaries show state legislature controls who gets to govern
The American political system, particularly in the South, has become less a mechanism for representation and more an elaborate machine for consolidating power—a process that is…
By Sophie Naimi ·
Florida’s primaries: Power is defined by proximity to Donald Trump
The spectacle unfolding across the Florida primary landscape—from the gubernatorial race to the congressional contests—is less an election and more a high-stakes performance art…
By Emilio Quesada ·
Lindell's failure proves local powerbrokers ignore Donald Trump
The American political landscape, for all its noise and spectacle, still operates on simple principles of strength and accountability.
By Grant Colby ·
"Everything kept getting worse": Systemic collapse at Baptist Hospital
The kind of story that gets picked up by cbsnews.com and then recycled across every local news desk—the one about a single person whose body simply gives out—is always easy to digest.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Five deaths in Louisiana prove neglect, not nature, is the hazard
There is a profound, almost visceral discomfort in reading about nature turning hostile.
By Elena Rossi ·
The Messy Dispute Over Fares That Could Cut Off Mackinac Island
When local governance struggles against private equity interests, the pattern is distressingly familiar.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Secret Service agent and two others arrested for ‘prolonged’ hazing in Miami
There are certain kinds of American rituals—the ones that feel ancient, necessary, almost sacred—that operate entirely outside the visible light of law.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Florida puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s murder, first of 2 executions set for single day
The mechanics of American jurisprudence are supposed to be slow.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·