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The U.S. blockade of Iran continues amid an uncertain round of peace negotiations, while Congress wrestles with the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown and the looming lapse of a key ...

You know the scene. The CFO opens the quarterly review. Revenue per employee. Operating margin. Cycle time. Flat. Flat. Flat. Meanwhile, every board member is reading about AI. The hype is everywhere.

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L ast semester, I decided that I would no longer assign analytical papers in any of my large social science classes. This is a drastic change: mMy usual framework is that large 4-unit classes should ...

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