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A 2011 Tomorrow’s World commentary, “Slaves to Debt,” reported that the United States was approaching $14 trillion in debt. Now, fourteen years later, that indebtedness has grown 160%. According to the U.S. National Debt Clock, U.S. debt is over $38 trillion. But why is the national debt so high? While the obvious answer is that America spends more than it takes in as tax revenues, there is another, far more dire reason.

Astronomers have discovered an ultra-massive black hole hiding in plain sight at the very heart of the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy, five billion light-years from Earth (New Scientist, August 7, 2025). Weighing 36 billion times more than our sun, it dwarfs the black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. This heavenly leviathan bends light itself, warping space and time with its incredible gravitational pull.

In the United States, about 69 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 who have never been married express a desire to marry someday (Pew Research Center, February 15, 2024). Additionally, only about half desire to become parents one day—unlike decades ago, when most young adults desired both marriage and children.

Mike Rowe, CEO of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, is sounding an alarm that a fundamental shift has occurred in America’s relationship with work (MSN, November 30, 2025).