NoKings and Fracturing MAGA
Something’s shifting. You can feel it in the tone of the ex-Tea Party leaders now warning that their own movement has gone off the rails. You can see it in…
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The Hidden Strain of Remote Onboarding: Why 30-60-90 Plans Aren’t Enough
I’ve onboarded a number of engineers over the years—DevOps, cloud, security, infrastructure. Smart people. Highly capable. Often running at full tilt from day one. And yet, every time, the real…
Unity Without Diversity Is Tyranny
As a son of a Navy Chief, I grew up understanding the value of service, discipline, and shared mission. The military is not a monolith—it’s a living organism made of…
The Last Gasp
It looks ascendant.Strongmen are flexing in Moscow, Beijing, Ankara, Budapest. Democracies feel shaky under the weight of disinformation, polarization, and nostalgia for “simpler times” that never really existed.On the surface,…
H-1B Changes and the Mob Boss Problem
I’ve been stewing over the Trump Administration’s newly announced changes to the H-1B visa program—and I feel obligated to call this out: this is yet another policy that puts people’s…