:root {
    --color-muted: #000000;
    --font-main: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
    --color-text-light: #000000;
    --color-bg: #ffffff;
    /* No gray, only black */
    --color-border: #000000;
    --color-accent: #000000;
    --spacing-container: 1200px;
    --color-text: #000000;
}

* {
    /* Force all borders black */
    outline-color: #000000 !important;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 0;
    border-color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0;
}

body {
    font-size: 16.7px;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    line-height: 1.53;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: underline;
    opacity: 1;
}

img {
    height: auto;
    max-width: 100%;
    display: block;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    line-height: 1.25;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 0.4em;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}

/* Remove empty spacers generated by rich text editors/CMS */
p:empty, .content-area p:empty {
    display: none !important;
}
.content-area > br {
    display: none !important;
}

p {
    margin-bottom: 0.78em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.content-wrap {
    padding: 0 21.28px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.main-header {
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 18.8px 0;
    margin-bottom: 28.72px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.main-header .content-wrap {
    display: flex !important;
    gap: 16.26px !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
}
.brand-link {
    font-size: 26.57px;
    letter-spacing: -0.49px;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.nav-links {
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    gap: 22.1px;
}
.nav-links a {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 13.01px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.nav-links a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.dual-panel {
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    margin-bottom: 82.6px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.top-story {
    border-radius: 12.37px;
    padding: 46.9px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.top-story h1 {
    margin-bottom: 10.11px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 37.42px;
}
.top-story h2 {
    margin-top: 15.44px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 7.69px;
    font-size: 24.9px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}
.content-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.top-story h3 {
    margin-top: 18.91px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 19.87px;
}
.post-info {
    font-size: 13.7px;
    gap: 16.34px;
    display: flex;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 10.87px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 39.86px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.content-area {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 16.02px;
    line-height: 1.57;
}
.author-title {
    font-size: 12.14px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
}
.content-area a {
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.content-area a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.site-col {
    margin-top: 28.43px;
    border-radius: 8.67px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 13px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.site-col a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.secondary {
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
    top: 40px;
}
.info-card {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 13.14px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 26.25px;
    margin-bottom: 31.64px;
}
.section-head {
    font-size: 19.57px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    margin-bottom: 20.78px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 8.84px;
}
.latest-entries {
    margin: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 10.1px;
    margin-bottom: 11.66px;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 1.45px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.article-link {
    padding: 14.24px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.article-link:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.article-link a {
    font-size: 14.45px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.35;
    display: block;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    margin-bottom: 2.01px;
}
.article-link a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.pub-date {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.76px;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 9.33px;
}
.past-entries a {
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 14.27px;
}
.post-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.topic-list {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 12.97px;
}
.pill {
    border-radius: 9.64px;
    padding: 6.56px 15.07px;
    text-decoration: none;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.42px;
    display: inline-block;
    background: #ffffff;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.pill:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.page-bottom {
    background: #fff;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 14.02px;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 40.09px 0;
}
.anchor-grid {
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 10.11px;
    font-size: 13.67px;
}
.anchor-grid a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.anchor-grid a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.anchor-grid .shared-cell {
    margin: 0 5.53px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .dual-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .secondary {
    position: static;
}
    .top-story h1 {
    font-size: 31.04px;
}
}