George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running...
Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire
During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business....
A Critical Deficit
Flawed thinking can lead us into a lifetime of pointless arguments and bad decisions. Fixing the problem won't be easy — but we know...
Concrete Poetry: Thomas Edison and the Almost-Built World
By Anthony Acciavatti
Historians often speak of “contingency”, by which they mean something like “things could have been otherwise”. But is this even true? It can...
Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?
by Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro and Annie Waldman
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories...
‘School choice’ supporters want public money up front but they don’t want accountability later
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 9, 2025
It is becoming crystal clear that proponents of school choice — sending public funds to private...
History for Lunch
Harriet Jacobs: A Woman of Conscience
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wednesday, March 19...
