Reading List
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Welcome to the September issue of The Highlight
We all know the stereotype: Single women are desperate to be partnered while the bachelor has a terror of being tied down. Research suggests this may be backward — and that it is in fact single men who suffer more from the lack of romance. In this month’s cover story, Allie Volpe speaks with experts […]
How AI is coming for your job
Colton Masi checked off every box in his quest to land a good job in the computer science industry after college. The 23-year-old attended Drexel University, a Philadelphia school distinguished by its focus on real-life job experience. And he majored in software engineering, a discipline he had been hearing his whole life was synonymous with […]
Donald Trump is a globalist
The defining photo of the recent White House Ukraine summit will likely turn out to be one depicting five European leaders plus the leaders of the European Commission and NATO smooshed in around the Resolute Desk, seemingly listening to a soliloquy by the unseen President Donald Trump. The photo was impossible for observers not to […]
The Covid revenge policy
In his first term, President Donald Trump touted the “medical miracle” of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine that he helped deliver to market through the unprecedented public-private partnership known as Operation Warp Speed. In its second term, the Trump administration is dismantling the signature health achievement of his first term by sowing doubt about the safety […]
Why China can build so quickly and America can’t
America has a hard time building stuff. Roads. Trains. Light rail. Bridges. Housing. Everything takes seemingly forever, if it even happens at all. Meanwhile, there’s China. A country that builds much faster — high-speed trains, solar panels, electric cars, bridges, ports, drones — all churned out at breakneck speed. Why can China do this, and […]