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

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

body {
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 16.02px;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    line-height: 1.45;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 0.26em;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.29;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.03em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2.05em;
}

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

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.9em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    padding: 0 17.67px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.nav-wrap {
    padding: 21.1px 0;
    margin-bottom: 32.42px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.nav-wrap .inner {
    flex-direction: column !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    gap: 17.99px !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    display: flex !important;
}
.home-brand {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 26.56px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
}
.top-menu {
    gap: 27.29px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    display: flex !important;
}
.top-menu a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 14.42px;
}
.top-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.content-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 80.55px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.lead-article {
    border-radius: 10.87px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 46.52px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 37.36px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 11.8px;
}
.lead-article h2 {
    margin-bottom: 10.98px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 24.19px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-top: 12.82px;
}
.read-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.lead-article h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 21.47px;
    font-size: 20.35px;
}
.content-meta {
    gap: 17.65px;
    margin-bottom: 41.5px;
    padding-bottom: 8.9px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14.1px;
    display: flex;
}
.read-area {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 16.07px;
    line-height: 1.62;
}
.author-title {
    font-size: 12.32px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
}
.read-area a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.read-area a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.primary-panel {
    border-radius: 7.62px;
    margin-top: 31.92px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
    font-style: italic;
    padding: 13.46px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.primary-panel a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.info-panel {
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
    top: 40px;
}
.module {
    border-radius: 10.46px;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 28.41px;
    padding: 26.85px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.panel-title {
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding-bottom: 9.07px;
    font-size: 19.3px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 22.62px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
}
.latest-entries {
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    padding-bottom: 7.53px;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 9.32px;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 4.61px;
    display: block;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.content-row {
    padding: 13.87px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.content-row:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.content-row a {
    font-size: 14.58px;
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.4;
    margin-bottom: 5.15px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.content-row a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date-label {
    font-size: 11.73px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 8.34px;
}
.past-entries a {
    display: flex;
    color: #000000 !important;
    justify-content: space-between;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14.35px;
}
.num-badge {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.topic-list {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 11.48px;
    display: flex;
}
.topic-chip {
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 5.49px 15.02px;
    font-size: 12.51px;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 7.53px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.topic-chip:hover {
    background: #000000;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

/* Footer */
.closing {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 14.83px;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 37.95px 0;
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #fff;
}
.primary-stack {
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 10.54px;
    font-size: 13.5px;
}
.primary-stack a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.primary-stack a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.primary-stack .general-band {
    margin: 0 9.42px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .content-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .info-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 32.91px;
}
}