The Broken City
I am in New York, and I am sending you this postcard from a city I love and have loved; from a broken city. Broken; yet struggling to reimagine itself, as it has so many times before. Are we better?
Censorship in Our Materialist World
The essence of the crises of our time is this: the materialist-rationalist view on man and the world that forms the basis of our society has its best days behind it.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma of AI
AI is not a future event. It’s a present force. It’s accelerating every system we built—including the one most capable of destroying us. We are choosing between slow, collective reformation and fast, concentrated implosion.
My Forthcoming Book on Healing Modern Medicine
I am very much looking forward to the release of this book. The narrative is sustained by harrowing clinical stories from my medical training. It also contains my proposed path forward for reforming the house of medicine.
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Never Forget Their Excuses for Lockdowns
Shamefully and tragically, some of the foremost organizations and individuals devoted to liberty sat out the tragedy and seemingly defend their inaction to this day by hiding behind medicine, science, and a lack of information. The excuses are wholly insufficient.
The Limits of Hospitality
I wonder if anyone has looked at the crisis surrounding illegal, virtually unchecked immigration in the US, UK, and European Union, as well as a country like South Africa, from the perspective of the notion of ‘hospitality.’
My Dad, a ‘Good’ Death, and the Unforgivable Covid Era
What happened to countless families who suffered during that time is unforgivable. The husband of 60 years who sat outside his wife’s hospital window holding signs of love and watching her die, and countless more.
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King Squatters
Elections have consequences. What do I mean? Well, there is a bill being proposed here in New York that would make squatting a crime, and make it more difficult for squatters to gain so many rights against the property owners.
Smell the Roses: Positive Trends and Western Accomplishments
The world as a whole is doing fine, in sum. To widen our smile, let us name and acknowledge five Great Accomplishments of the West that we are proud of, and feel honoured to cherish and defend in these times.
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The Narcissism Of Tribalism
If we allow the powers that be to make enemies out of each other…we’ve lost. We will splinter off into smaller and smaller factions, become weaker and more diluted, confirm and engrain our tribalism. It makes narcissists of us all.
Clerical Abuse Redefined
When we hear the term “clerical abuse,” I think most of us think of perverse sexual behavior. But it seems worth asking if the parameters of the term might need to be expanded to include other abuses of power.
There Will Always Be ‘Trouble in River City’
Trouble is always going to exist in River City. Modern-day versions of Professor Harold Hill will continue to present themselves as the savior of communities, and town citizens will place orders to protect themselves from the Fear of the Moment.
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