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

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

body {
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    font-size: 15.98px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    line-height: 1.28;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.33em;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.05em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2.04em;
}

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

p {
    margin-bottom: 0.8em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.frame {
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    padding: 0 20.84px;
}

/* Header */
.nav-wrap {
    padding: 19.35px 0;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 32.44px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.nav-wrap .frame {
    display: flex !important;
    gap: 17.07px !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
}
.logo-text {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.49px;
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 26.18px;
}
.main-menu {
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    gap: 25.42px;
}
.main-menu a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 14.57px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.content-grid {
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 79.81px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.top-story {
    padding: 47.73px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 13.43px;
}
.top-story h1 {
    font-size: 38.22px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 9.22px;
}
.top-story h2 {
    margin-bottom: 5.5px;
    margin-top: 13.81px;
    font-size: 24.81px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}
.entry-text > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.top-story h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 21.94px;
    font-size: 19.86px;
}
.date-line {
    font-size: 14.56px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding-bottom: 8.63px;
    display: flex;
    gap: 16.89px;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    margin-bottom: 39.21px;
}
.entry-text {
    font-size: 16.13px;
    line-height: 1.56;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.author-title {
    font-size: 11.27px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
}
.entry-text a {
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.entry-text a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.outer-layer {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 6.02px;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-style: italic;
    padding: 14.52px;
    margin-top: 29.84px;
}
.outer-layer a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.side-panel {
    align-self: start;
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
}
.info-card {
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    margin-bottom: 32.25px;
    border-radius: 10.73px;
    padding: 22.54px;
}
.box-title {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 21.98px;
    padding-bottom: 12.1px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    font-size: 19.88px;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
}
.latest-entries {
    list-style: none !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    padding-bottom: 11.96px;
    margin-bottom: 9.36px;
    position: relative;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.feed-item {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 12.39px 0;
}
.feed-item:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.feed-item a {
    line-height: 1.43;
    margin-bottom: 6.09px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: block;
    font-size: 13.28px;
}
.feed-item a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.pub-date {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 11.35px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.time-list {
    list-style: none;
}
.time-list li {
    margin-bottom: 7.9px;
}
.time-list a {
    justify-content: space-between;
    display: flex;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.16px;
}
.post-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.tag-area {
    display: flex;
    gap: 11.4px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.label-item {
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    display: inline-block;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 8.81px;
    background: #ffffff;
    font-size: 13.58px;
    padding: 7.48px 13.83px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.label-item:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* Footer */
.closing {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14.31px;
    text-align: center;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 41.32px 0;
    background: #fff;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.site-band {
    margin-top: 10.68px;
    font-size: 12.72px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.site-band a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.site-band a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.site-band .master-dock {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 9.01px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .content-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .side-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .top-story h1 {
    font-size: 31.94px;
}
}