Memo: Thu Jul 02 2026

I remember the first time I really began to understand the true nature of capitalism. I was sitting in a doctor’s office waiting room and, like every doctor’s office I’ve ever been in, they had TVs playing HGTV on a wall-mounted TV. It was one of those house hunter shows, the kind where the husband is a professional mosquito trainer and the wife teaches philately to underprivileged shelter…