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

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

body {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.46;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 15.06px;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.3;
    margin-bottom: 0.33em;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.99em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2em;
}

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

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.94em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    padding: 0 18.96px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.head-section {
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 28.59px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 19.46px 0;
}
.head-section .inner {
    gap: 14.53px !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
}
.home-brand {
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 25.26px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.main-menu {
    gap: 22.24px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.74px;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.dual-panel {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 81.27px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.primary-content {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 10.68px;
    padding: 49.46px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.primary-content h1 {
    font-size: 37.5px;
    margin-bottom: 11.87px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.primary-content h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    font-size: 23.56px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 8.28px;
    margin-top: 13.39px;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.primary-content h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 19.36px;
    margin-top: 21.36px;
}
.post-info {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    font-size: 14.51px;
    display: flex;
    padding-bottom: 7.19px;
    margin-bottom: 39.09px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    gap: 12.81px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.post-body {
    line-height: 1.56;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 16.16px;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 11.13px;
    color: #555555 !important;
}
.post-body a {
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.custom-band {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-style: italic;
    border-radius: 9.75px;
    padding: 15.63px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    margin-top: 31.36px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.custom-band a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.aside-col {
    align-self: start;
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
}
.widget-box {
    border-radius: 10.45px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 28.46px;
    padding: 22.02px;
}
.section-head {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 7.17px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 17.59px;
    font-size: 20.75px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}
.new-items {
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.new-items li {
    margin-bottom: 8.84px;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 9.8px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
}
.new-items li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.new-items a {
    margin-bottom: 2.51px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.new-items a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.feed-item {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 14.77px 0;
}
.feed-item:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.feed-item a {
    line-height: 1.42;
    font-size: 13.18px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 6.25px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.feed-item a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date-label {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 12.92px;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 9.47px;
}
.past-entries a {
    display: flex;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.35px;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.tally {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.topic-list {
    display: flex;
    gap: 10.68px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.label-item {
    background: #ffffff;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding: 4.88px 12.99px;
    font-size: 12.2px;
    border-radius: 8.06px;
}
.label-item:hover {
    background: #000000;
    color: #ffffff !important;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* Footer */
.page-bottom {
    padding: 40.7px 0;
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #fff;
    font-size: 14.95px;
    text-align: center;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.native-strip {
    font-size: 12.04px;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 13.59px;
}
.native-strip a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.native-strip a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.native-strip .outer-shelf {
    margin: 0 5.15px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .dual-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .aside-col {
    position: static;
}
    .primary-content h1 {
    font-size: 31.19px;
}
}