Consumer Canons

By Nolan Monaghan • August 13, 2026

The American food consumer landscape is dominated by a bevy of standardized, immutable product flavors. In ice cream: strawberry, vanilla, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, and cookie dough dominate. In potato chips: sour cream and onion, salt and vinegar, and BBQ are an unconquerable

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Data Centers are Radicalizing People Against Clean Energy

By Nolan Monaghan • August 4, 2026

The data center backlash has dominated the American political landscape this year and is quickly rising to become the defining environmental and land-use issue of the 2020s. Strains on infrastructure and rising energy bills have sparked a utility reform movement, driving legislators in Wisconsin,

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Soil Quality and Human Nutrition: It’s Complicated

By Nolan Monaghan • July 27, 2026

A growing anxiety among our nation’s eaters centers on the decline of nutrient density in various foods. Claims that vegetables, fruits, grains, and other crops have consistently lower levels of vitamins, minerals, protein, and other essential nutrients compared to foods of decades past pepper

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