A Third of Americans Have Changed Their Religion. What About the Ones Who Changed and Stayed?
We keep careful count of the people who leave. In February 2025 the Pew Research Center published its latest Religious...
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200,000 People Were Asked What Makes a Life Go Well. One Answer Was Just Turning Up.
We like our spiritual lives to have a story: the breakthrough, the mountain-top, the night everything changed. The biggest study...
One Vote Against Fourteen
On 18 September 2025, fourteen of the fifteen members of the UN Security Council voted for a resolution demanding an...
The Meeting That Failed, and the Deal That Didn’t
On 28 February 2025, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House to sign an agreement on Ukraine's mineral resources. He...
The Most Powerful Question in Any Negotiation
What happens if we don't agree? In October 2025, the United States and China each gave a very public answer....
The Deal Netflix Walked Away From
In December 2025, Netflix agreed to buy Warner Bros.' studios and streaming business in a deal valued at about $72...
When 99% Say No to the Deal
In August 2025, around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike. A central issue was unpaid work: the union...
The Promise That Ended a Shutdown
On 1 October 2025, the US federal government shut down. It stayed shut for 43 days, the longest shutdown in...
The Force That Waits for Peace
Here's a paradox from the war in Ukraine. Over the past year and a half, a group of mainly European...
Your Network Is an Asset. Until It Isn’t.
We're told that your network is your net worth. Every connection is an asset. Build enough of them and they'll...