Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2026—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2026. The correspondents from Prescott Valley, Arizona; Orange County, California; Gastonia, North Carolina; Wheeling, West Virginia; Bismarck, North Dakota; … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2026 Champagne Summit
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Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 22nd Annual Symposium
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 7, 2026—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its 2025 Annual Symposium. Participants included correspondents from Clermont, Florida; Wheeling, West Virginia; Bismarck, North Dakota; and Sydney, Australia. Topics included the first year of the current administration and the … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 22nd Annual Symposium
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2025 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2025—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2025. Participants included correspondents from Prescott Valley, Arizona; Orange County, California; Gastonia, North Carolina; Wheeling, West Virginia; Bismarck, North … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2025 Champagne Summit
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 21st Annual Symposium
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 9, 2025—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its 2024 Annual Symposium. The Symposium examined whether the 2024 election would produce a lasting party realignment, the combined pressures of immigration, housing, and local services, AI regulation and incumbent … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from 21st Annual Symposium
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Election Day 2024 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. November 5, 2024—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its special Election Day Champagne Summit held on November 5, 2024. Participants included correspondents from Clermont, Florida; Wheeling, West Virginia; Bismarck, North Dakota; Gastonia, North Carolina; Owatonna, Minnesota; Prescott Valley, … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Election Day 2024 Champagne Summit
How We Endorse Presidential Candidates
In a presidential election year, we put the same questions about the candidates to every correspondent. Each answers individually, in their own voice, and those answers are published as given. The correspondents then reach a collective decision by consensus, and that decision is Thinking Outside the Boxe's endorsement. The endorsement belongs to them. No donor, … Continue reading How We Endorse Presidential Candidates
Thinking Outside the Boxe Endorses Donald J. Trump for President
NOTE TO OUR READERS: In a presidential election year, we put the same questions about the candidates to every correspondent. Each answers individually, in their own voice, and those answers are published as given. The correspondents then reach a collective decision by consensus, and that decision is Thinking Outside the Boxe's endorsement. The endorsement belongs … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Endorses Donald J. Trump for President
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2024 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2024—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2024. Discussion covered the character of the 2024 election, immigration and housing and local services, AI regulation and incumbent … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2024 Champagne Summit
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcripts from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Four-day Orlando gathering marked two decades of independent research and commentary with a keynote address by Digger Cartwright, anniversary champagne toasts, and wide-ranging discussion of the economic, political, and institutional issues shaping the United States Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. January 2, 2024—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcripts from Milestone 20th Annual Symposium
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2023 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2023—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2023. Participants included correspondents from Dayton, Ohio; Novi, Michigan; Clermont, Florida; and Gastonia, North Carolina. The Summit examined regional-bank … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2023 Champagne Summit
