There’s a post circulating on social media that got me thinking, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. The idea is simple on the surface but goes pretty deep when you sit with it. The post was drawing a comparison between how quickly Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein were prosecuted andContinue reading “The Totem Pole Nobody Talks About”
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A Dictator’s Daughter Is Not a Feminist Icon
There is a particular kind of confusion that seems to emerge every time a woman rises to power in a context that is otherwise defined by brutality, repression, and the systematic destruction of human dignity. The confusion goes something like this: a woman in charge is progress, therefore any woman ascending to any position ofContinue reading “A Dictator’s Daughter Is Not a Feminist Icon”
The Fat Kid in the Brown Hoodie Is The Most Unintentionally Based Person of 2026, and I Will Die on This Hill
There is a moment in One Piece, one of the most beloved manga and anime series ever created, where a young rubber-bodied pirate named Monkey D. Luffy does something that makes every person watching drop their jaw simultaneously in horror and absolute euphoria. He punches a Celestial Dragon. For the uninitiated, Celestial Dragons are essentiallyContinue reading “The Fat Kid in the Brown Hoodie Is The Most Unintentionally Based Person of 2026, and I Will Die on This Hill”
No War With Iran. I Said It Then, I’ll Say It Again.
I remember sitting down in 2020 and writing something that felt urgent, something that felt necessary, something that felt like screaming into a void that was somehow also screaming back at me. It was the first term of Donald Trump’s presidency, and the United States had just assassinated Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s most powerfulContinue reading “No War With Iran. I Said It Then, I’ll Say It Again.”
We Are Jaime David: A Call for Radical Empathy, Compassion, and Honesty
In the chaos and division of today’s world, it might seem like a strange, even unsettling, thing to say: “We are Jaime David.” After all, this could easily sound like some kind of cultish declaration, a bizarre ideological rallying cry. And yes, it might even remind some of the rhetoric surrounding figures like Charlie Kirk,Continue reading “We Are Jaime David: A Call for Radical Empathy, Compassion, and Honesty”
Even If the Economy Is Good, That Doesn’t Cancel Out the Epstein Question
There’s a line I keep seeing over and over again whenever the Epstein files come up. Someone will say, “Why are we focusing on that? Look at the economy. Look at the markets. Look at gas prices. Look at jobs. Donald Trump is doing good things.” And here’s the thing. Even if he were. ItContinue reading “Even If the Economy Is Good, That Doesn’t Cancel Out the Epstein Question”
If the System Would Collapse, Then What Is the System Built On?
There is a phrase that has circulated in conversations about institutional corruption for years: that some truths are too big to reveal because revealing them would destabilize everything. In the context of scandals involving the ultra-powerful, that idea tends to resurface again and again. The implication is that the web of influence, protection, and silenceContinue reading “If the System Would Collapse, Then What Is the System Built On?”
The Depths of Power and the Epstein Case: A Reflection
In recent years, the revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein have cast a dark shadow over the world’s power structures. It seems that with every document released, another layer of a very deep, complex web is exposed. However, for many, the full extent of what happened remains hidden beneath layers of secrecy, redactions, and legal protections. WhileContinue reading “The Depths of Power and the Epstein Case: A Reflection”
When Progressives Profit From the Language of Oppression: Why We Can’t Accept Harm Just Because It Comes From Our “Side”
There’s a moment that keeps replaying in my mind, one that crystallizes everything wrong with how some progressives have started to operate, how they’ve convinced themselves that the rules don’t apply to them as long as their targets are sufficiently deserving. It happened recently with Secular Talk, when Kyle Kulinski posted a video covering AlexContinue reading “When Progressives Profit From the Language of Oppression: Why We Can’t Accept Harm Just Because It Comes From Our “Side””
The Privilege of Political Performance: Why Shutdown Advocates Don’t Have to Live With the Consequences
There’s a particular brand of cruelty that comes wrapped in the language of principle and resistance, a cruelty that’s all the more insidious because the people perpetrating it genuinely believe they’re doing something noble and necessary. We’re seeing it play out right now with the chorus of pundits and commentators and activists cheerleading for anotherContinue reading “The Privilege of Political Performance: Why Shutdown Advocates Don’t Have to Live With the Consequences”