Five years of investigation and expert reports have failed to identify the precise cause of the 2019 fire that ravaged Paris’ landmark Notre-Dame cathedral, even as the probe draws to a close just as the cathedral prepares to reopen early next month. Notre-Dame’s bells rang out Friday for the first time since the fire, ahead … Read more
The Czech Republic has been an economic success story since joining the EU in 2004. Yet as Lenka Buštíková explains, the country’s twenty years of membership have also been marked by profound political instability and the rise of illiberal leaders. The Czech Republic is a poster child for the EU enlargement process. A country of … Read more
From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human eyes have ever seen. In May, astronomers announced that Webb detected the most distant galaxy found so far, a fuzzy blob of red light that we see as it existed just 290 million years after … Read more
Every time a political candidate asks if you’re better off than four years ago, I can’t help but sigh. The implication, regardless of party, is always that you’re worse off and that they are the answer to your problems. The Democrat says things went downhill under the Republican, and the Republican says the same about … Read more
For many years, the traditional career track for financial advisors has been an ‘eat what you kill’ model – where advisors must independently find, convert, and manage their own clients. As such, it isn’t uncommon for an advisor’s first few years to be characterized by long hours, high rejection rates, and low pay. For many, … Read more
