The old fairy tale says we live in a marketplace of ideas. How adorable. That phrase always arrives dressed like a civics teacher and leaves smelling Continue Reading
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It’s Good That Gas Prices Are So High. It Reminds People That There Is Actually a War On.
Americans hate high gas prices. Politicians know it, economists study it, and every election cycle seems to include promises to bring them down. Continue Reading
Can a Free Society Survive Its Own Tolerance?
America was founded on a radical idea. Not democracy. Not capitalism. Not even individual liberty. The truly radical idea was that people should Continue Reading
When Whiteness Becomes Probable Cause
There’s a point where a society stops pursuing justice and starts playing racial bingo with a body still warm on the floor. We have reached that Continue Reading
The Subdued Flag Belongs on the ACU
By Staff Sgt. Taylor AmbosThe views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the position of the Department of the Army or Continue Reading
Failure Got Promoted and You Got the Bill
Failure used to leave a bruise. Now it gets a staff retreat, a revised title, and a lanyard printed by people who think “impact” is a substitute Continue Reading
Rebellion is Born when Rulers Forget They Are Meant to Serve
History is full of uprisings, revolutions, and rebellions—and almost all of them share the same root cause: rulers who forget their duty is to serve Continue Reading
The Cult of Performed Dysfunction
The surest sign a society has lost its mind is when it starts calling basic self-respect oppression. That’s when you know the adults have left the Continue Reading
The Gun Comes Last
I have responded to enough crime scenes in my career to know what violence looks like up close. I have seen what a bullet does to a human body. I have Continue Reading
When the Machine Starts Deciding
By Carlin McKeahow By 2036, most people will not experience artificial intelligence as a chatbot. They will experience it as the thing that handled Continue Reading
Tang Ping Is Older Than the CCP
By Bruce D. Kowal Charles Faint's recent analysis of tang ping in these pages is intelligent, well-observed, and correctly identifies the Continue Reading
The New Age of Archaeology: How Aerial Drone Surveys Are Rewriting History
For thousands of years, archaeology meant one thing: digging. Teams of researchers would spend months, sometimes years, carefully excavating a site Continue Reading