The finale of Stranger Things leaves viewers with an emotional cocktail: relief, nostalgia, bittersweet satisfaction — and perhaps confusion. What became of the military personnel and the compound? More puzzling, though, is a quieter moment…
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Economy
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The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn’t pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected to hit $1.9 trillion and grow to $3.1 trillion in 2036. America’s slow-moving debt crisis shows no…
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Introduction Central planning — the idea that an economy can be rationally directed from the top down — has long appealed to reformers who seek to eliminate waste, inequality, and uncertainty. Its critics, however, have…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing a new home-entry rule, one Americans might have thought they left behind in the old world. A whistleblower recently exposed an internal memo from ICE’s acting director, claiming…
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President John F. Kennedy once said, “We must find ways of returning far more of our dependent people to independence.” President Lyndon B. Johnson sought to meet that challenge by launching the War on Poverty…
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Key Insights (AI-assisted): LoRaWAN’s shift from pilot-scale to utility-grade infrastructure signals that low-power unlicensed LPWAN is consolidating as a core layer in the Massive IoT stack. This maturity pressures adjacent LPWAN and cellular IoT offerings…
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Key Insights (AI-assisted): Demonstrating a full eSIM lifecycle alongside embedded modems at MWC 2026 underlines how IoT connectivity is shifting from hardware-centric to software-defined control. This moves OEMs toward single-SKU, region-agnostic designs and reallocates value…
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested shifting the Federal Reserve from a fixed two-percent inflation target to a broader range. The change may seem minor, but it risks redefining accountability at a moment when…
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At the end of January, President Trump penned a triumphant op-ed declaring “Mission Accomplished” for the signature economic policy of his second term: tariffs. Unfortunately, his entire victory lap revolved around phony numbers, cherry-picked facts,…
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Americans aren’t happy with their economy. In October, Pew Research reported that “26 percent now say economic conditions are excellent or good, while 74 percent say they are only fair or poor.” This weighs heavily…