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

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

body {
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.53;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 15.16px;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.29;
    margin-bottom: 0.29em;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2.01em;
}

/* 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 {
    margin-bottom: 0.88em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.page-wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 22.71px;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.page-top {
    margin-bottom: 30.55px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 19.96px 0;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.page-top .page-wrap {
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    gap: 14.55px !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
}
.brand-mark {
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    font-size: 25.01px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.main-menu {
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    gap: 27.8px;
    display: flex !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    font-size: 14.75px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.layout-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    margin-bottom: 80.91px;
    display: grid;
}

/* Mega Article */
.lead-article {
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 50.93px;
    border-radius: 13.85px;
}
.lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 37.28px;
    margin-bottom: 9.82px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.lead-article h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-bottom: 10.09px;
    margin-top: 14.43px;
    font-size: 23.92px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.read-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.lead-article h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 20.57px;
    margin-top: 19.41px;
}
.post-info {
    font-size: 14.02px;
    padding-bottom: 9.09px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 41.01px;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    gap: 15.5px;
    display: flex;
}
.read-area {
    line-height: 1.63;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 16.42px;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-size: 12.99px;
}
.read-area a {
    font-weight: 700;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
}
.read-area a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.base-port {
    margin-top: 32.88px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 9.58px;
    font-style: italic;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding: 13.57px;
}
.base-port a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.right-col {
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
    align-self: start;
}
.widget-box {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 24.69px;
    margin-bottom: 30.64px;
    border-radius: 11.44px;
}
.block-heading {
    color: #000000 !important;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 20.61px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    font-size: 20.22px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    padding-bottom: 7.1px;
}
.latest-entries {
    list-style: none !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    margin-bottom: 11.04px;
    padding-bottom: 10.58px;
    position: relative;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.29px;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.entry-row {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 13.12px 0;
}
.entry-row:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.entry-row a {
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.43;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 7.42px;
    font-size: 13.33px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.entry-row a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.pub-date {
    font-size: 11.99px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.date-index {
    list-style: none;
}
.date-index li {
    margin-bottom: 8.26px;
}
.date-index a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.08px;
    justify-content: space-between;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
}
.post-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.label-group {
    display: flex;
    gap: 10.53px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.chip {
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 7.76px 15.91px;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-radius: 9.68px;
    font-size: 12.65px;
}
.chip:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.page-bottom {
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #fff;
    font-size: 13.35px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 41.73px 0;
}
.outer-item {
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 9.16px;
}
.outer-item a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.outer-item a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.outer-item .local-shelf {
    margin: 0 5.27px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .layout-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .right-col {
    position: static;
}
    .lead-article h1 {
    font-size: 31.09px;
}
}