Society
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A Curriculum of Compliance
Author’s Note — To the Real Teachers Who May Read This: I know what follows may feel unfair. It doesn’t speak to the handful of students whose lives were genuinely… Read more.
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They Renamed the Fire, but Still We Burned
When I first encountered George Orwell’s 1984, I was too young to fully appreciate what I was reading. I picked it up for the accelerated reader points, not the politics—some required… Read more.
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We Are Fucking Tired
This article isn’t like the others I’ve written. It’s not a careful analysis. It’s not a call to action, a thesis, or even a particularly structured argument. It’s a rant—one… Read more.
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The Calendar Isn’t a Moral Compass
“It’s 20XX—how are we still doing this?”~Too many people, too often. I remember the first time I heard someone utter these words in a tone of bewildered frustration, like the… Read more.
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The Myth of the Middle Ground
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”— Hannah Arendt The Comfort of Compromise In 1938,… Read more.
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Welded Smiles and Hidden Truths
There’s an old movie I used to love. It told the story of a forgotten man locked in a dungeon, his identity stolen, his face hidden from the world by… Read more.
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Ghosts in the Machine
You didn’t agree to this. Not really. You clicked “Accept,” sure, but who doesn’t? The app blinked to life in your palm, promising connection. Now it watches, always. Listening. Learning.… Read more.
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Terms of Surrender
Author’s Note This article explores the psychology of surrender—its many forms, its emotional undertones, and its misunderstood power. Because it touches on themes like dominance and submission, it’s important to… Read more.
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The Slow Erasure of the Unremarkable
Faces in the Crowd Picture your morning commute: you’re packed shoulder to shoulder on a bus or subway car, faces so familiar you’d know them by silhouette alone. There’s the… Read more.
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Foundations of Glass
A Metaphor for Modern Life You walk into a pristine living room, the kind that garners dozens of likes on Instagram. Sunlight spills across a minimalist bookshelf, artfully staged with… Read more.
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The Smothering of a Name
The cold bit through her thin sweater as she walked beyond the sagging gates. Snow crunched underfoot, and the wind whipped across the barren yard. She was only thirteen. Yet… Read more.
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The Grafting of a Savior’s Halo
The air was thick with smoke and the stench of blood. Explosions rattled the jagged ridge, and cries for medics cut through the chaos. Men were dying—most already had. The… Read more.
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The Game That No One Wins
“War does not determine who is right—only who is left.” — Bertrand Russell Years ago, I spent time in Second Life, where there was a game I used to play… Read more.
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The Door Was Never Locked
“I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”— (attributed to) Harriet Tubman Most of us have felt that chilly knot… Read more.
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The Candle That Changed Nothing
It’s the end of a long, punishing day. You shut your laptop, eyes stinging from the glare, a headache pulsing in your temples. The world has been tugging at you… Read more.
