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Logan Riely/USSF/Getty Images for USSF Mauricio Pochettino’s first road game in charge of the United States men’s national team is a rare clash in Mexico with El Tri. The USMNT and Mexico typically do battle on North American soil, but Tuesday’s friendly will be played in Guadalajara. The Pochettino era began with a 2-0 win […]
John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF The United States men’s national team begins the Mauricio Pochettino era on Saturday against Panama. The friendly serves as a starting point for the new USMNT head coach, who needs to have the program running at full speed by the time the 2026 FIFA World Cup comes around. A […]
This Article is available as a video essay on YouTube Railroads were, in theory, an attractive business: while they cost a lot to build, once built, the marginal cost of carrying additional goods was extremely low; sure, you needed to actually run a train, which need fuel and workers and which depreciated the equipment involved, […]
It’s one of the most common and perplexing friend mysteries out there – when friends ghost friends. In this episode, we examine a contemporary real-life ghost story to see why we’re so haunted. Also, a listener attempts to find the friend who got away. And finally, we offer a new way to think about friendship […]
Kotlin is often lauded for it’s conciseness and eloquent syntax, but often suffers from being confined to more limited Java coding conventions. This may be welcoming to Java developers looking to adopt Kotlin in their projects, but could be off-putting for others working in different environments, as well as, somewhat limiting Kotlin’s full linguistic potential. […]