Doug Leone’s decision to skip Novocaine during a root canal in order to not miss a meeting made for a great story. It’s also really bad advice, according to the American Association of Endodontists. The organization, which represents more than 8,000 root canal specialists worldwide, says severe pain isn’t something patients need to tough out. If a root canal hurts, they should tell their provider so they can get more anesthetic or a different approach. The story also touches on an old myth about root canals that the AAE wants to set straight. It used to be considered one of…
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This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) alerted consumers to a food recall involving more than 1,500 pounds of pork product distributed to eight states. The recall is being initiated due to fears that the pork may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly bacterium. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On September 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a recall notice for imported ready-to-eat (RTE) dry-cured pork jowl (“guanciale”) products produced in Italy. The recall covers approximately 1,513 pounds of the pork products…
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Meetings rarely bring us joy. Many are inefficient, boring, stream-of-consciousness downloads: the same people dominating the conversation, too many people in the room, and too few decisions. Meetings aren’t necessarily painful because people have nothing to contribute or dislike collaboration. Meetings are painful because they aren’t designed around how people think and work together. They suffer from unclear purpose, inadequate thinking time, poor group dynamics, predictable discussions, and vague decisions. If we’re honest, we have become too accepting of meetings that waste time. Meeting fatigue produces plenty of eye-rolling, but rarely prompts us to redesign meetings around what really adds…
In the age of iPhones and smart watches, pagers are often seen as relics of the 1990s or dramatic props for doctors in shows like Grey’s Anatomy or ER. But those looking to relive the glory days of the beeper may do so by stepping into the aisles of the MoMA Design Store and finding a power bank masquerading as the old-school gadget. The Retro Beeper Portable Power Bank looks like a ’90s pager styled with a transparent case that reveals the object’s inner mechanics. Roughly the size of a credit card but thicker, the device is made of ABS…
The business of retirement savings has been going through some major changes lately. Financial services companies are seeking to grow the pie aggressively by getting more employees to invest in 401(k) plans and similar savings accounts. At the same time, more people are living longer in retirement, which is good for, well, people, but does mean their retirement savings must stretch further. Meanwhile, the population is aging, which threatens to deplete public sector retirement programs like Social Security. But then the Trump administration is touting new savings accounts for kids. So what does all of this mean for you and…
Argentina is perhaps the most fascinating economic experiment taking place anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. This was once among the wealthiest nations in the world. Generations of political corruption, socialism, currency destruction, defaults, subsidies, and government intervention turned that enormous potential into repeated economic crises. Javier Milei came to office attempting something politicians almost never do voluntarily: reduce the size of government instead of expanding it. The latest numbers show that the transformation is far from complete, but Argentina is no longer moving relentlessly in one direction toward collapse. GDP expanded 2.3% year-over-year during the first quarter of 2026 and…
At the end of July, a debut crime novel became the most expensive casualty so far in the publishing industry’s war over AI. Fourteen publishing houses had bid for the manuscript, with the winning offer delivering a $2 million contract for the author. But when rumors began to circulate that the book had been written with the help of artificial intelligence, his own agents withdrew the book. The author denies using AI and has pointed out that the manuscript had been read by editors and acquisitions teams across the industry. What they saw on the page excited them enough to…
The American people are not merely dissatisfied with Washington. They have concluded that the government itself is corrupt. A new Gallup poll found that 89% of American adults believe corruption is widespread throughout the government, the highest reading in the 20-year history of the survey. This is no longer a fringe position dismissed as a conspiracy theory. Nearly nine out of every ten Americans now look at their government and see an institution serving someone other than the people. The 89% reading rose by an astonishing 10 percentage points in a single year. Perceptions of widespread government corruption had remained…
In business, as in life, it’s tempting to equate success with doing more: launching new initiatives, exploring new technologies, pursuing new revenue streams, and saying yes to new opportunities. But over time, all that activity can dilute your focus. It’s like trying to hit 10 targets at once: When everything becomes a target, it gets harder to aim at what actually sets your company apart. But the companies that stay competitive aren’t the ones constantly adding more; they’re the ones that stay committed to the few things that actually work—for them. As CEO of Jotform, I can attest that it’s…