The Spirit of Respect
It occurs to me to be grateful about all that we have regained in these 50 years. Despite everything, the place of freedom and family and community does seem to have made a comeback.
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From Fiat Everything to Real Everything
The infrastructure is visible to those willing to see it. The systematic replacement of natural systems with artificial ones has reached into every domain—money, health, education, information. What began as isolated changes has revealed itself as a coordinated operation.
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A Hidden Post-Pandemic Decline of Female Health
While male health seemed to bounce back, mortality and disabilities in women continue to rise above earlier trends and are not expected to solve themselves soon. This might cause a fundamental change in the dynamics of the gender mortality gap.
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The Meaning of the Semiquincentennial
There is every reason to be proud to be an American. But with that must come the humility to recognize that this country can be “more perfect.” The pathway there is through a deeper understanding of the Founding.
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The Boomer Mirage
While the specific figures combine data from multiple sources, the trend is undeniable: in 1950, over half of 30-year-olds were married homeowners. By 2025, some analysts project that number as low as 13%.
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A Small Book About Real Life
I’ve never been as excited and nervous about a new book of mine. Each chapter covers an animating spirit of the historical American ethos: respect, hard work, pioneering, gratitude, patience, faith, independence, forbearance, and so on.
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Your Spouse Started Antidepressants and Became a Stranger
Welcome to the SSRI marriage apocalypse: a phenomenon so widespread that entire online communities have formed to support its casualties. Spouses gathering in digital refugee camps, comparing notes about partners who transformed into unrecognizable strangers after starting antidepressants.
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Reclaiming the Beauty of the Spheres
Creating human substitutes with AI is technically clever and somehow deeply pathetic. More so when effort is made to convince us it is better than the real thing. Many will fall for it, and in the process, degrade humanity itself.
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When “Dead Enough” Becomes a Metric
If “dead enough” becomes a metric, the countdown has already started—not just for the patient, but for our collective faith in medicine’s ability to serve something higher than its own efficiency.
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“Eddington” and the Death of Civility
This isn’t just about Eddington. It’s about all of us. When civility disappears, when personal morality gives way to mass messaging and digital spectacle – along with self-victimhood worship, we lose not just our mooring, but our communities.
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The Modern Slave
Most people hear ‘modern slavery’ and picture trafficking victims or sweatshop workers—suffering that’s clearly visible, obviously wrong. What if the most effective slavery in history isn’t hidden—but public, celebrated, and defended by the very people it enslaves?
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Freedom in a Post-Covid World
All of this has to go, to be replaced by mediated experiences scripted by large institutions both public and private. This way, we are all dependent. Our lives can be turned on and off depending on the will of our masters.
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