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By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS NewsHiawatha, Iowa, USAPublished June 4, 2026 GoDaddy Controls Access, Not Outcomes GoDaddy is routinely described as a “service provider.” That description is false — and the distinction matters. GoDaddy does not primarily provide services. It controls access. At the core of its business is domain registration: an administrative choke point…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — Thursday, June 4, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time Meritocracy is widely assumed to be the organizing principle behind modern hiring and governance. The idea is simple and reassuring: the most capable individuals rise to positions of responsibility based on skill, effort, and demonstrated competence. Yet…

By Cliff PottsBay Bay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 4, 2026 This is a serialized installment from the autobiography of Cliff Potts. The Cyst Around that time, I developed a cyst on my neck. It did not hurt. It was simply visible — large enough that adults asked questions. They wanted a cause. Had I fallen? Hit something? I invented a story about reaching for aspirin and falling against the…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 4, 2026 Global developments entering June continue to reflect increasing geopolitical competition, major infrastructure risks, economic uncertainty, and rapid technological change. The following briefing summarizes ten developments shaping the current international and U.S. landscape. International…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 4, 2026 The China Question That Distorts the Conversation Any serious discussion of TikTok eventually collides with the same issue: ownership. A large portion of the criticism directed at TikTok is not rooted in unique behavior, but in the fact that it is a Chinese-owned company. That reality distorts…

By Cliff PottsEditor-in-Chief, WPS News For most of human history, cruelty had limits. Bullies were local. Harassment required proximity. Social pressure, physical distance, and community norms acted as buffers. If someone wanted to torment you, they had to show up—at school, at work, in the neighborhood. And even then, there were consequences. Witnesses. Authority figures. The possibility of…

By Cliff PottsJune 4, 2026 A System Built to Limit Exposure Workers’ compensation is often described as a safety net — a system designed to ensure that employees injured on the job receive prompt medical care and wage replacement without the need for litigation. That description has not been accurate for a very long time. In practice, workers’ compensation in the United States functions less…

By Cliff Potts, CSOEditor-in-Chief, WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — July 3, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT Texas sits on a border that has been turned into a stage. Cameras, rhetoric, outrage cycles, and political theater dominate the conversation, while the actual relationship that has existed for generations is ignored. The Texas–Mexico border is not a battlefield. It is a working…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 3, 2026 On most social media platforms, safety is conditional. Users who experience harassment are expected to document it, explain it, relive it, and often defend their credibility before any action is taken. Harm must be proven publicly. Pain must be made legible to strangers. That model does not…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 3, 2026 The Myth of the Thinking Crowd Social media platforms promote a comforting illusion: that ideas rise or fall based on merit, that good arguments eventually find their audience, and that collective intelligence emerges from enough voices speaking at once. In practice, the opposite is more often…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 2, 2026 The first 30 days in the Philippines are not a transition. They are a reset. If you arrive expecting a softer, cheaper version of the United States, you will spend that first month confused, frustrated, and tired. Nothing is quite where you expect it to be. Systems do not behave the way you are…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 3, 2026 Modern financial culture often frames success as accumulation. Growth is measured by size, speed, and visibility. In this framing, more is always better, and faster is always smarter. Stewardship offers a quieter and more durable alternative. Stewardship begins with responsibility rather than…

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 2, 2026 Introduction: Frequency Is the Grid’s Most Honest Measurement Voltage problems often attract attention because lights dim or equipment trips. Frequency instability, by contrast, operates silently until protection systems intervene. Yet frequency is the most immediate indicator of power system…

A Systemic Failure of the American Electorate By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS NewsHiawatha, Iowa, USAPublished: June 1, 2026 The Fact That Should Have Ended the Question On May 30, 2024, entity[“politician”,”Donald Trump”,”45th and 47th U.S. president”] was convicted by a unanimous jury on 34 felony counts in a New York criminal court. That sentence should have ended his…

By Cliff Potts Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 1, 2026 — 07:05 AM PhST The Machine That Carries the Decision Every mission has a moment where theory ends and physics takes over. For Artemis, that moment sits on a launch pad. The rocket is the Space Launch System, the heavy-lift vehicle designed to push human missions beyond low Earth orbit and out toward the Moon (NASA, 2024). If…

Why Survival Depends on Cooperation, Not Individualism By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 1, 2026 The “Everyone Turns on Each Other” Lie If there is one idea repeated as often as the lone survivor, it is this: When things fall apart, people become the real danger. From The Walking Dead to Z Nation, the pattern is familiar. The initial…

When the world was quiet, and the storms had ceased,In the stillness of the waters, our love was released.Like the dove from the ark, yearning for land,I sent out my heart, searching for your hand. The heavens, once heavy, with rain did descend,But even in chaos, our spirits would mend.We weathered the tempests, the darkest of nights,And from the remnants of struggle, we found our true…