A federal antitrust victory in 2024 was hailed as a win for consumers. Two years later, Spirit Airlines is gone, 17,000 workers are out of jobs, and Washington is fighting over who broke the budget-airline business model. When Spirit Airlines shut down in the early-morning hours of May 2, 2026, it brought a 34-year-old budget carrier to an abrupt end...
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FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness: What Otarmeni Means for Patients, Medicine, and Deaf Culture
Introduction The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first FDA gene therapy for inherited deafness, a one-time treatment that restored measurable hearing in 80% of evaluable pediatric patients during clinical testing. The therapy, marketed as Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha), targets a specific genetic cause of profound hearing loss tied to mutations in the OTOF gene. The decision marks the...
The Deaths of Despair: Part II of The Missing Generation
Editor’s Note: This is not a position piece on mental health policy, drug enforcement, or the underlying causes of addiction and despair. It is a mathematical observation about the compounding demographic and fiscal impact on nations. The numbers are the numbers — what we do with them is the conversation. If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988...
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How the JetBlue Spirit Merger Fell Apart And What Spirit’s Collapse Means for American Air Travel
A federal antitrust victory in 2024 was hailed as a win for consumers. Two years later, Spirit Airlines is gone,...
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness: What Otarmeni Means for Patients, Medicine, and Deaf Culture
Introduction The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first FDA gene therapy for inherited deafness, a one-time treatment...
The Deaths of Despair: Part II of The Missing Generation
Editor’s Note: This is not a position piece on mental health policy, drug enforcement, or the underlying causes of addiction...
The Missing Generation: How 200 Million Lost Lives Reshaped the West
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Inside the Arabella Advisors Network: The Dark Money Architecture Behind American Progressive Causes
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How Far Does It Go? The Wider History of Nonprofits Paying Informants Inside Extremist Groups
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