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PATRIOTS' WAKE: When Democracy's Guardians Become Its Greatest Threat In this explosive political thriller, retired CIA analyst Michael Collier thought his decades of witnessing democracy's collapse in foreign nations had prepared him for anything. He was wrong. When his daughter Emily, a dedicated USAID doctor,
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In a groundbreaking move never before seen in the hallowed halls of our legislative branch, a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) was leaked yesterday detailing steps for a struggling member of Congress who apparently forgot how to do their primary job: fund the government. Ahem, if there's one job
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PATRIOTS' WAKE: When Democracy's Guardians Become Its Greatest Threat In this explosive political thriller, retired CIA analyst Michael Collier thought his decades of witnessing democracy's collapse in foreign nations had prepared him for anything. He was wrong. When his daughter Emily, a dedicated USAID doctor,
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First, a disclaimer: I have absolutely no formal qualifications in early childhood education other than having raised my own sons, which, let’s be honest, makes me both an expert and entirely unqualified at the same time. Also, I’m a bad Catholic—no offense to Catholic schools or the
By now, Silicon Valley has seen its fair share of arms races. Chips. Cloud. Ride-sharing apps. But the current one? It isn’t about hardware or software. It’s about people. Specifically, the rare few who can bend the destiny of artificial intelligence, and, if Meta’s checkbook is to
The artificial intelligence revolution, which began with ChatGPT's public debut in late 2022, has reached an inflection point. What started as a wave of individual productivity gains is now plateauing, while a far more transformative opportunity emerges at the enterprise level, one that requires strategic thinking, infrastructure investment,
Three years ago, I traded my executive spot for something far more expansive: a collection of new experiences, including part-time university teaching, writing, and diving into unfamiliar territories through deep collaboration. The transition wasn't just about changing locations; it was fundamentally about shifting how I showed up in
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Special thanks to Joey Jablonski and Brandon Pinzon for the collaboration. The fractional executive market has seen rapid growth, shifting from a niche consulting model to a mainstream business approach. The number of fractional leaders doubled from 60,000 in 2022 to 120,000 in 2024, while U.S. Bureau
An hour north of San Antonio in the small Texas town of Blanco, sits the Old 300 BBQ. The kind of place where vegetarians go to reevaluate their life choices. It’s also the waypoint from where three old friends live, but have never met in person - we had