The System They Don’t Want You to See For twenty years, I’ve watched the same playbook unfold through every manufactured crisis. 9/11’s narrative gaps. The 2008 “financial crisis” that bailed
America was built on a simple premise: you get to succeed or fail on your own terms. That freedom—both liberating and terrifying—forged the strongest nation in human history. Today, we’ve
I was watching Apple’s “For All Mankind” the other night—this fascinating alternate history of the space program that spans from the late 60s through a fictional 90s Mars mission—when something
Pillar One: Income Taxation—Government’s Claim to Own Your Labor by Percentage Let’s start with the most obvious theft: income taxation. When the government takes a percentage of your labor before
Have you ever looked at that little recycling symbol on the bottom of your plastic bottles and containers? That triangle with the arrows and a number inside? I discovered something
Hazing rituals and rites of passage exist in nearly every type of organized group: military units, fraternities, sororities, sports teams, gangs, and even some professional organizations. These rituals serve a
In the marketplace of ideas, not all currency is created equal. Some arguments are offered in good faith, while others serve merely as tactical maneuvers designed to shut down critical
It’s been 622 days since Ghislaine Maxwell was handed a conviction for sex trafficking minors. The fact that we’re talking about sex crimes of horrifying scale is appalling enough. Yet
People are increasingly driven by endless possibilities of this world and constant comparison, many find themselves paralyzed by choice rather than empowered by it. The fundamental question we must all
When was the last time you questioned why you’re doing something just because someone in authority told you to? I’ve been thinking about this lately, especially with the TSA’s new