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The $1.75 Trillion Receipt Nobody Read
The SpaceX S-1 tells you exactly what you're buying. Almost nobody is going to read it.
Jun 12 • Bryan C. Del Monte
American Idiots
From "That's the way it was..." to "You're not gonna believe this shit..."
Jun 3 • Bryan C. Del Monte

May 2026

What If This Doesn't End?
Wars End When Someone Ends Them
May 30 • Bryan C. Del Monte
How the Next Election Fixes Nothing
The Comfortable Lie About 2028
May 29 • Bryan C. Del Monte
What They Do When We're Not Looking
What Functioning Institutions Look Like
May 28 • Bryan C. Del Monte
The Architecture of the Next Economic Apocalypse
Warsh Sworn In. The Architecture Is Complete.
May 27 • Bryan C. Del Monte
The Next Pandemic Was a Budget Decision
Six Hundred Cases. Last Time It Was Eleven Thousand.
May 26 • Bryan C. Del Monte
Broad, Sunlit Uplands
What Omaha Beach Taught Me About Memorial Day
May 25 • Bryan C. Del Monte
All But Three Were From South Africa
The Federal Compact Has a Voter ID Now
May 25 • Bryan C. Del Monte
No, there isn't a "Republican Revolt" afoot.
And the band played on my friends...
May 24 • Bryan C. Del Monte
Stephen Colbert: AAAAND... We're back. Sort of?
The economics of broadcast, digital, and how show business actually works.
May 23 • Bryan C. Del Monte
What Bezos Is Buying Zeroing Out Your Taxes
He's Not Cutting Your Taxes. He's Buying His.
May 23 • Bryan C. Del Monte
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