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Explosive Pentagon Contracts
Why the Challenger explosion should be a warning about artificial intelligence
 • John Polonis
Private Credit Cockroaches?
As capital migrates from banks to the shadows, regulatory blind spots and risks have widened
 • John Polonis
Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets
Who's to blame for shutdowns; a baseball escape; and the dangerously secretive nature of the SCOTUS shadow docket
 • John Polonis
How To Use the Socratic Method In Your Own Life
Plus birthright citizenship, recent stories in The Political Prism, and Pete Rose
 • John Polonis
Pope Leo XIV, 80th Anniversary of Defeating Nazis, Removing Habeas Corpus, and Recapping a Week in Financial Markets
A weekend briefing to "lift up ordinary people", as Pope Leo XIV has pledged
 • John Polonis
Due Process Is Fundamental, and Why We Need Podcast Standards Along With a Trump Bond Tracker
What we can learn from John Adams, Douglas Murray, and the bond market
 • John Polonis
Insider Trading Becomes Legal?
Plus Federal Reserve independence, private university independence, and the latest from The Political Prism
 • John Polonis
Should Assisted Suicide Be Legal?
A consequential decision made by one of the greatest decision makers of all time
 • John Polonis
Constitutional Crisis: How Courts Should Anticipate Trump’s Defiance
Trump admires Andrew Jackson for a reason
 • John Polonis
Luigi Mangione and the Dangers of Vigilantism
Vigilante justice has a chaotic and dangerous history
 • John Polonis
Before You 'Eat the Rich', Consider This
The disturbing chorus following the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson
 • John Polonis
Give DOGE a Chance, But Be Realistic
Why Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have a good goal, with unrealistic and conflicted strategies
 • John Polonis
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