What Government Actually Does
Government, at its most functional, serves this role. Not as an expression of will, but as an architecture of restraint. Its primary contribution is not action, but prevention—through rules that hold even when inconvenient, unpopular, or ignored by those who benefit from their absence.
What the Trump-Xi Summit Should Make Us Think About
By Matt Stone
On May 13, 2026, Air Force One touched down in Beijing carrying not just a president, but
The Truth Dies on the Way Up
What happens when wealth buys not just power, but insulation from reality
By Matt Stone
The oldest lie in America
Cutting Trees to “Create Water”: When Political Folklore Masquerades as Hydrology
By Matt Stone
There is a recurring confidence in American politics that treats ecosystems like plumbing diagrams. It assumes nature
THE NONPROFIT THAT CALLED POOR: HOW “NONPROFIT” INSURERS GREW INTO PARASITES THAT FEED ON THE SICK (And who the biggest culprits are)
By Matt Stone | The Grounded Newsroots
Truth with roots. No bullshit. One hundred dollars if I get something wrong.
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