Solving For: A Meteor of a Man

Remembering Peter Kellner.

11 hrs ago • Matt Haggman

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Big Money in Politics: The Ways Forward

Part 3 of 3: Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court split campaign finance in two. Patches and public money can ease the problem. Solving it means erasing…

Oct 8 • Matt Haggman

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September 2026

Big Money in Politics: How We Got Here

Part 2 of 3. For more than a century, the cycle has repeated: money flows into politics, outrage follows, then reform — but this time the Supreme Court…

Sep 28 • Matt Haggman

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Big Money in Politics: By Design

Part 1 of 3: How elections increasingly run on money from somewhere else, controlled by donors you'll never know, with the federal watchdog unable to…

Sep 18 • Matt Haggman

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The Open Thread: When Society Becomes the Experiment

Twenty years after social media was allowed to largely write its own rules, AI is forcing us to decide who should set the boundaries this time – with…

Sep 10 • Matt Haggman

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August 2026

Space, Part 3: — Star Trek or Star Wars?

Part 3 of 3: As countries and companies race into Earth’s orbit, the Moon and beyond, the rules of the next space age are still being written.

Aug 28 • Matt Haggman

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Space, Part 2: The Hinge Moment

Part 2 of 3. From Sputnik to reusable rockets — and why the cost of space finally collapsed.

Aug 13 • Matt Haggman

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Space, Part 1: The Promise Above

Part 1 of 3. Private companies are transforming space into a platform for solving problems on Earth. But the rules were written for a different era…

Aug 6 • Matt Haggman

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July 2026

The Open Thread: The Week AI Safety Got Real

A warning, a global rivalry, and two AI models that went rogue chasing a test score — three events, seven days, one uncomfortable question about who's…

Jul 24 • Matt Haggman

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The American Dream: Our Shining Future

Part 3, Solutions: As America figures out what comes next, broad upward economic mobility — not simply economic growth — must become its defining…

Jul 17 • Matt Haggman

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The American Dream: America's Challenge at 250

Part 2, The Forces. The ladder wasn't dismantled overnight — it eroded through economic change, policy choices, and institutions that didn't keep pace.

Jul 3 • Matt Haggman

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June 2026

The American Dream: The Climb Is Getting Harder

Part 1, The Problem: As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, the Dream it was built on is being tested unlike any time in decades.

Jun 26 • Matt Haggman

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