Welcome to The Smoothie! Here you will find a most delicious, if slightly eclectic blend of the web’s most interesting content, curated just for you. Whether it be an in-depth analysis of the system for electing judges in the United States, or commentary on the latest TikTok dance trends, we’ve got it. My name is Machel Maxwell. I’m an economist by training, a future law student, and an amateur fiction writer. I live in Ottawa, Ontario and have a particular interest in writing stories that capture the human consequences of policy decisions. If all of this sounds like your thing, then you’re in the right place.