• Eighty-eight percent of senior citizens prefer to age in place at home instead of moving to a senior living facility. However, this is often difficult to achieve due to a shortage of qualified caregivers, restrictive regulations, and affordability.
• The average cost of full-time, in-home care is around $80,000 annually, and around-the-clock, intensive care can reach $230,000. Medicare does not cover this kind of “non-medical care,” making aging in place unaffordable to most seniors.
• In-home care also provides companionship. Lack of companionship contributes to loneliness and is linked to depression, anxiety, and chronic diseases. Seniors with companionship have improved mental health and longevity.

By: Heather Madden

• Millions of bureaucrats exercise important political powers while never having to run for election, and voters can only wield democratic accountability over them through presidential elections every four years.
• On average, the federal bureaucracy’s dismissal process takes 170 to 370 days, and most years, less than 0.2% of the federal bureaucracy is let go from their positions.
• Since managers cannot easily terminate federal employees for failing to deliver on work targets, the work-from-home arrangement adopted by many agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic further insulates employees from accountability.

By: Inez Feltscher Stepman

• In the military, lethality—the capability and capacity to destroy—determines the likelihood of success.
• The link between men, masculinity, and combat effectiveness, particularly in terms of aggression and lethality, is not just a historical observation but a psychological and physiological one.
• Controlled aggression is an essential trait for battlefield success, with psychological studies of combat performance demonstrating that when aggression is properly channeled, it enhances a soldier’s ability to engage decisively with the enemy. This trait, often more pronounced in men, provides a strategic advantage crucial for mission success in hostile environments.

By: Meaghan Mobbs

• There’s almost no pay gap for single childless women, but the wage gap begins to widen around age 25, likely due to choices about family roles.
• Fewer mothers than fathers say they would rather work full time than part time.
• Overwhelmingly, men work in the most dangerous jobs and those jobs generally pay higher wages.

By: Patrice Onwuka

• • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
  • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.
  • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield