401(k)s are making record millionaires while Social Security sinks

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January 13, 2026

401(k)s are making record millionaires while Social Security sinks

Republicans and Democrats don’t concur on many things these days, but on one point they increasingly agree: Social Security is a mess. The latest evidence comes from a viral Washington Post story reporting that the government’s retirement program “ends the year in turmoil.” The story touches on the program’s many problems heading into 2026: a […]

What are parents supposed to do about AI?

I use ChatGPT every single day, and my children know it. When we were abroad recently, I held my phone up to street signs and menus and translated them in real time. We used artificial intelligence to help build our complicated, multi-country itinerary. At home, I use it in our homeschool to optimize schedules, summarize […]

Only you can make America healthy again

The “Make America Healthy Again” movement is a major focus of President Donald Trump‘s second term. As Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the push to reduce the rates of obesity and chronic illness, among other things. Improving the lives of Americans in the present and paving the way for […]

Breaking barriers should not mean breaking women’s sports

For decades, women have been encouraged to shatter glass ceilings, make history, win world records, and compete on equal footing in arenas once closed off to them. Sports became one of the clearest symbols of that progress after the implementation of Title IX. Female athletes were told that if they worked hard enough, sacrificed enough, […]

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