Ali Ghodsi: AI doom-mongering is a fantasy; security is real
Ali Ghodsi argues that fears of AI ending the world distract from the immediate dangers of unsecured ports and failed corporate workflows.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
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Brad Gerstner argued regulatory capture in Washington is lethal
Brad Gerstner and Rob Goldberg argue that regulatory capture by the stent lobby prevents the adoption of life-saving heart scans.
By Grant Colby ·
US Treasury interventions mask Bitcoin’s liquidity super-cycle
The headline figures—Bitcoin surpassing $77,000; the global market cap reaching $2.6 trillion—are impressive arithmetic feats, but they tell us nothing about true value.
By Klaus Berger ·
FBI seizure in Washington, D.C.: Law used for political elimination
The spectacle of a federal raid on a former Congressman’s home—electronic devices seized at an airport, followed by a search in Washington, D.C.—is designed for maximum dramatic…
By Adele Rutherford ·
Fireball spotted in skies over Washington followed by flashes of light
The inherent human tendency, when confronted with anything that defies immediate explanation—a flash of green, an impossible streak across a pre-dawn sky—is to assign it cosmic significance.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Pirro's special grand jury shows Washington power is only currency
You read the headlines—Jeanine Pirro convenes a special grand jury in Washington. It sounds like some kind of necessary, due-process check on power.
By Josie Calloway ·
ACLU notes Trump treats D.C. like a police state until 2029
The sheer longevity of this National Guard deployment—extended through January 2029—is less a policy decision and more a performance art piece in state overreach.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
DEI dispute delayed wildfire grants for area engulfed in blazes
We are meant to be custodians of things: the frescoes on a cathedral scaffold, the delicate balance of a municipal budget, the fragile consensus that allows an opera house to remain open.
By Elena Rossi ·
Adfero and Jennifer Mascott show structural rot in federal justice
The American legal system, like any complex financial structure, relies fundamentally on its participants respecting the unwritten—and often written—rules.
By Klaus Berger ·
Perez versus Braun: A performance for Southwest Washington
I’ve spent enough years watching healthcare systems fail—watching whole wards shutter because the profit motive decided a maternity unit wasn't "efficient" enough.
By Josie Calloway ·
Perez vs Braun proves Washington mistakes noise for mandate
The Washington 3rd Congressional District has become, once again, merely a stage for theatrical posturing.
By Klaus Berger ·
Procedure fails: Gluesenkamp Perez performs moderation in Washington
The mechanics of American democracy are supposed to be boring enough that we forget them until they break.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Washington wildfire arson suspect twice linked to other blazes, authorities say
The sheer scale of what is burning across Spokane, Washington, demands more than mere reporting; it requires an autopsy of our collective negligence.
By Elena Rossi ·
Iran proposing joint Omani-Iranian companies is pure rent-seeking
The perennial struggle over who controls the passage through vital chokepoints is not a geopolitical problem; it is a failure of institutional design.
By Klaus Berger ·
Arson arrest in one of the Spokane area wildfires that have left some residents with nothing
When a catastrophe strikes—and Spokane, Washington, has seen an unprecedented ordeal with its wildfires—the immediate instinct of the state is to point fingers.
By Bram de Vries ·
AIPAC spending in Missouri distracts from local hospital needs
You read about these primaries—the endless, exhausting cycle in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington—and what you should feel isn't political fatigue; it’s righteous anger.
By Josie Calloway ·