Kyle Nowak

🥤 “Let’s start selling colorful, flavored drinks” = the “let’s start a podcast” of the fast-food world. Chains are increasingly adding high-margin drinks to their menus in a bid to appeal to younger consumers.

🏛️🎓 On Friday, Columbia University agreed to a series of reforms demanded by the Trump administration. It’s the first step in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding revoked due to allegations of antisemitism.

“A person is but the product of their thoughts. What they think, they become.”

–Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

🙏 George Foreman, Hall of Fame boxer, preacher, and grill pitchman-extraordinaire, passed away on Friday at the age of 76.

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about the movement to reduce or eliminate property taxes as a way of lowering costs associated with homeownership?

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"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

–Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

😊🌍 Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report, which combines self-reported data with other factors such as GDP per capita and corruption to spit out an annual ranking of joy across the world.

🏡 Florida lawmakers proposed plans to sharply reduce or eliminate property taxes, in an effort to reduce the soaring costs of homeownership across the state. And while a full repeal – something that’s never been done in America – is unlikely to occur soon, the idea is gaining political traction.

🍿⚖️ Carl Erik Rinsch, best known for directing critical flop 47 Ronin, was arrested this week and charged with defrauding Netflix out of millions of dollars over a sci-fi show he was hired to direct, but never completed.

🔋🚘 Chinese EV giant BYD this week unveiled a new system it says grants electric vehicles the ability to charge as quickly as conventional gas-powered cars. We live in charged times, indeed.

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“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.”

–Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

🍎 It turns out Snow White may not be the fairest of them all. Disney’s latest live-action remake, Snow White, hits theaters this afternoon as one of the company’s most divisive and controversial projects in recent years.

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, which phrase best describes the current dispute between the Executive and Judicial Branches?

🏢 Rippling’s believe it or not: The payroll and HR startup, most recently valued at $13.5 billion, this week sued rival and direct competitor Deel (valued at $12 billion), accusing it of corporate espionage.

🔥 It’s Thursday, March 20th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”

–Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)