Countdown to 250: The Americans Building Tomorrow 244 Days Until America’s Semiquincentennial Day 244: Bruce Crandall The Pilot Who Flew Into Hell and Kept Coming Back Some days in American history define what courage looks like. November 14, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, was one of those days. And at the center...
Countdown to 250: The Americans Building Tomorrow 245 Days Until America’s Semiquincentennial Day 245: Turk McCleskey & Paul Balassa Two Veterans Who Turned Coffee Mugs Into a Mission Most people who start a business do it to make money. Some do it to solve a problem they’ve experienced. A rare few do it because they...
Day 246: Todd Connor The Veteran Building Bridges in a Divided Nation There’s a particular kind of courage that doesn’t involve jumping on grenades or charging into enemy fire. It’s the courage to step into the space where everyone is shouting past each other and say: “There has to be a better way.” Todd Connor...
Day 247: Mel Cohen The Veteran Who Turned Grief Into a Lifetime of Service Some people serve their country for a few years and then move on. Others serve for a lifetime, driven by something deeper than duty—by love, by loss, by a promise that can never be broken. Mel Cohen has been serving for...
The Marine Who Made the Ultimate Choice in a Split Second There are moments in life where character isn’t built—it’s revealed. Where there’s no time to think, no time to calculate the odds, no opportunity to consider the consequences. Just a choice that has to be made in the space between one heartbeat and the...
Countdown to 250: The Americans Building Tomorrow 249 Days Until America’s Semiquincentennial Day 249: Jake Wood The Marine Who Turned Disaster Into Purpose Most people remember where they were on January 12, 2010, when news broke that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake had devastated Haiti, claiming over 200,000 lives. Most people watched the tragedy unfold on...
250 Days Until America’s Semiquincentennial We’re just 250 days away from one of the most significant birthdays in our nation’s history—America’s 250th anniversary on July 4th, 2026. And while it’s easy to look backward at the founders, the pioneers, and the history-makers of centuries past, there’s something equally powerful happening right now, all around us....
When ESPN launched its daily betting show “Daily Wager” in 2019, it marked a seismic shift in sports journalism ethics. The network that once prided itself on objective sports reporting had openly entered the business of telling viewers how to gamble on the very games it covers. This represents one of the most glaring conflicts...
A Historic Campaign Poised to Reshape America’s Largest City Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary and his commanding lead in the general election polls represent more than just another political upset. The 33-year-old democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens has emerged as the frontrunner in a race that could fundamentally alter...
Remember 2020? While we were all baking sourdough and figuring out Zoom, something fascinating was happening in the investment world. Special Purpose Vehicles—or SPVs for those who don’t love acronyms—were quietly exploding in popularity. And honestly? They haven’t slowed down since. But here’s what makes this story really interesting: SPVs didn’t just give more people...