


The cost of health care under Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, is at the center of the current government shutdown. Americans who buy private health insurance through the Obamacare marketplace a

Yesterday’s Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in MacCudden v. Johnson (Justice Joseph Donald, joined by Justice Maxine White), involved a former high school English teacher (MacCudden); at the time of the statements, she had resigned from the school district, but hadn’t updated her LinkedIn profile. Johnson received a screenshot from a friend of a portion […]

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25% for the second meeting in a row, bringing its benchmark range down to 3.75%–4.00%. Markets expected the move, but the tone from Chair Jerome Powell changed the mood. U.S. stocks opened strong yet lost momentum once Powell said a December rate cut is “far from certain.” The […]

Building a financial safety net is the single most important action a new budgeter can take to achieve lasting stability. An emergency fund is cash kept in reserve for serious unexpected predicaments, such as a major medical crisis, unforeseen home repairs, or the catastrophic loss of income. Without this buffer, even minor surprises—like a car […]


From the opinion released Oct. 21, 2025: In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, an Emory professor posted certain comments about the assassination on social media—first writing “Good riddance,” and then writing that they “[didn’t] feel bad” about the assassination and that Kirk “seem[ed] like a disgusting individual.” The Emory administration, characterizing these […]

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee hold a press conference at 3 p.m. ET on Oct. 29 on the ongoing oversight of the Arctic Frost investig

President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars, promised to create a missile defense system so effective it would eliminate the threat of nuclear war forever, at a cost of around $70 billion. As it turned out, the technology just wasn’t feasible. And the Soviet Union figured out how to overwhelm the missile defense […]

The agricultural commodity sector, encompassing global staples like grains, oilseeds, and softs, has transitioned from cyclical volatility driven primarily by predictable weather patterns to a regime of systemic instability. This shift is fueled by a convergence of macro finance, geopolitical fragmentation, and irreversible climate change. For capital allocators, institutional traders, and agribusiness stakeholders, traditional supply-demand […]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 29 after releasing the U.S. Fed policy decision.