by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 24, 2025 | Energy
The Grain Belt Express, the $4.9 billion Loan That Vanished, and Why the Lights May Dim Because of It Washington killed the money. In July, the Department of Energy quietly yanked its $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express—the 800-mile, 5-gigawatt...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 22, 2025 | Journal
When Americans say “not my problem” about Ukraine, they forget how history — and economics — actually works. Every so often, a line pops up in our politics that tells you exactly where the national headspace is. Lately, it’s this one: “Ukraine? Not my problem.” It’s...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 21, 2025 | Energy
In the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump cracked open the federal offshore like he was breaking a piñata at a kid’s birthday party. New drilling off California, Florida, Alaska, and deep into the High Arctic — places that haven’t seen a fresh...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 21, 2025 | Journal
The Pentagon just dropped a $700 million hammer on two little-known companies in Indiana and North Carolina—Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies—in a long-overdue bid to build something this country hasn’t had since disco: a real, functioning rare-earth magnet...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 15, 2025 | Journal
On the Treasure Coast, faith feeds people. On Facebook, it just yells at them. I had breakfast with a couple of my neighbors yesterday — the kind of people who make you feel like you wandered into a better America for an hour. Kind. Steady. Religious in the way our...
