by Isaac Cubillos | May 11, 2025 | Journal
They came from different corners of the world, many meeting face-to-face for the first time. They’d known each other by name, by reputation, through debriefs and whispers carried on desert winds. But when they finally gathered at The Four Green Fields—an Irish pub...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 8, 2025 | Energy, Journal
While politicians bicker over carbon credits and green bragging rights, the real decisions driving California’s gas prices are being made far from the Capitol—in oil company boardrooms, where the only green that matters is printed on a balance sheet. California...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 6, 2025 | Journal
So the White House says the Houthis “capitulated.” That they folded like a cheap tent after a few months of airstrikes. But here’s the thing: capitulation usually means surrendering your weapons, your will, and your fight. The Houthis have done none of that. Let’s...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 6, 2025 | Journal
Somewhere between declaring war on gas stoves and trying to deport American children born in Duluth, the President has found time to wage battle against the most dangerous enemy of all: Sesame Street. Yes sir, the White House has set its sights on public...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 5, 2025 | Journal
Living in San Diego, I knew the name Scripps Research Institute carried weight—real weight. It wasn’t just another science lab. It was where breakthroughs happened. The kind of place that gave science a capital “S.” So in 2004, when I took over a scrappy...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 2, 2025 | Journal
I watched The Andy Griffith Show as a kid, like a lot of folks did. Mayberry was funny, wholesome, safe. It made the world seem simpler than it was. I didn’t think much about it back then. But now I know: Mayberry was never real. There were no factories in Mayberry....
