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Municipal Resilience in the Age of Retaliation: Preparing for the Local Impacts of the Trump Tariffs
By any fair reckoning, America’s economic policy has entered an era of weaponized interdependence. The re-imposition and expansion of...
Apr 10, 2025


The Toll of Tariffs: How Economic Nationalism Courts Conflict and Saps Growth
In moments of uncertainty, nations seek certainty. And few places offer a more seductive illusion of control than at the border....
Apr 7, 2025


CONNECT Utilities & Critical Infrastructure Summit
It’s an honor to be here today at the CONNECT 2025 Utility and Critical Infrastructure Summit, where we have the opportunity to gather...
Mar 27, 2025


The Problem Isn’t Government—It’s How We Make It Work
The enduring debate over the role of government in American life has long been distilled into a binary: should the state be an active...
Mar 23, 2025


The Aesthetics, Economics, and Politics of Infrastructure Modernization
For most Americans, the power lines crisscrossing their neighborhoods are an afterthought—noticed only when they fail or when a...
Mar 16, 2025


Globalization’s Winners and Losers: Why Tariffs Are Gaining Ground in America
For over eight decades, the United States has championed free trade as a cornerstone of its economic policy. Since the implementation of...
Mar 8, 2025


Building a Stronger Southwest Pennsylvania: A Strategy for Uncertain Times
We’ve reinvented ourselves before, and we can do it again. The question isn’t whether we can—it’s whether we will.
Mar 7, 2025


Trump, Putin, and Xi: The Grand Bargain That Could Reshape the World—and Break the U.S.-Led Economic Order
There’s a thought experiment I can’t stop coming back to, and it's one that's kept me up late into the night. It’s the kind of scenario...
Mar 5, 2025


Saving Lives, Struggling for Funding
Emergency medical services are the invisible backbone of our communities. When the worst happens—a heart attack, a car crash, a stroke—we...
Mar 2, 2025


The Perils of Trump’s Foreign Policy
The Trump administration's deviation from the venerable traditions of American foreign policy, from its historical leadership in...
Feb 20, 2025
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