The Trump administration is expected to formally announce Wednesday that it will not renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, kicking off a decade-long process to end the North American free trade zone and an agreement President Trump implemented during his first term.
DOUGLAS HEIGHTS, Pa. — We planned the perfect neighborhood block party to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, complete with flags, food, and clear skies. Then, the sky opened up. But instead of running inside to our screens, Douglas Heights stayed out — and the kids turned a flooded street into something magical. What happened in our […]
The old adage is true: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Businesses, the military, families — none can survive on good intentions alone. Families cannot budget with good intentions. Schools, charities, public agencies, and civic organizations should not be exempt from the same standard. Yet across public life, we too often measure […]
I previously discussed how universities operate and the institutional forces reshaping modern higher education: the business imperatives, the admissions realities, the tenure system, the research incentives, and the funding relationships that quietly influence the academic environment. Now I ask the more important question: Given all of that, what does a university education actually deliver that […]
You may have seen the controversy over kratom and its 7-OH compound in the news recently. What you might not know is that the squabble stems from a ginned-up campaign by one politically connected market segment trying to extinguish an innovative sector of the market. And ironically, the established kratom companies are using the same […]
Last week, Minneapolis hosted the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. About 3,000 athletes, 1,500 coaches, and over 10,000 volunteers, plus families, friends, and other supporters, poured into the city to support something. What unfolded wasn’t abstract ideology or curated social media theater. It was something rarer: a living display of citizenship, sportsmanship, manners, empathy, fairness, […]
