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
Contemporary Affairs
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 First Amendment Does Not Protect Threats
Every election cycle, every social media controversy, and every politically charged news story seems to generate the same debate: “Isn't Continue Reading
The Virtue Bunker
There is no sermon more passionate than the one delivered from a safe zip code. That is the central racket of modern public life. The people most Continue Reading
The People Selling the Smoke Alarm Started the Fire
We don’t live in an information age anymore. We live in a panic carnival run by ring lights, consultants, and professionally moisturized frauds who Continue Reading
Iowa, Nebraska and Kentucky Lead Per-Capita Toll in Listed U.S. Iran War Deaths
By Dylan PrescottAs Armed Forces Day approaches, a new state-by-state analysis offers a stark reminder that wartime losses are not felt evenly across Continue Reading
The Watchdog Put the Wolves on Payroll
There are scandals that shock the conscience, and then there are scandals that walk in wearing a nametag that says, “Obviously.” The Southern Poverty Continue Reading
Architecture of Torture
Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic descriptions of torture, sexual violence, and psychological abuse. Reader discretion is advised. By Continue Reading
When Principle Needs a Breathalyzer and Trump Still Passes the Iran Test
Here’s the part nobody wants to say out loud because it ruins the cocktail party. Iran did not become a threat to the United States the moment Donald Continue Reading
Lebanon Is Not a Headline, It’s a Memory I Never Left
There is a difference between reading about war and remembering it. For most people, Lebanon exists as something they encounter through headlines, a Continue Reading