by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 6, 2025 | Journal
There was a time — and it’s not ancient history — when the World Cup draw felt like something you stumbled into by accident. A few reporters, a couple of FIFA suits, a table with some ping-pong balls, and maybe a carafe of lukewarm coffee if the budget stretched. You...
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 | 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...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 12, 2025 | Journal
I’ve always had a soft spot for science and engineering—the kind of curiosity that used to keep me up at night in high school, tinkering with circuits and reading about physics long before I understood the math. My mother thought I’d grow up to be an engineer, and for...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 6, 2025 | Journal
The SNAP ruling isn’t judicial activism. It’s the Constitution doing exactly what it was built to do: stop any president from treating the national budget like personal property. The thing about the American government is this: we built the whole machine on the...
