Childhood Vaccines: A Case Study in Epistemological Dissolution
This is part of a series of essays that examine the current epistemological crisis.PART I: The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological CrisisPART II: A Theory
The Long Dissolution
A few did not put it aside, and from 1962 forward there existed in America a small population of people who had understood something the majority had declined to understand — and who would be proved right again, and again, and again, for sixty years, all the while being called cranks the entire time.
How We Got Here: The Hollow Stasis
It was an age, aptly titled the ‘Wonder Years’ by a nostalgic show of my childhood, where the question ‘How would we know?’ was on everyone’s minds, confident that they would continue to answer it with little miracles of modern life.
A Theory of Epistemological Stasis and Crisis
A culture that has lost its courts is easy to name and hard to picture, so before going further it is worth slowing down and laying out the machinery — what the courts actually are, what they sit on top of, and what exactly gives way when they fall.
The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological Crisis
Even when the underlying facts are public, undisputed in their particulars, available to anyone who wants them, the country divides cleanly in two the moment anyone asks what they show. We have grown so used to this that we have stopped finding it strange.
It is very strange.
What’s Your Spiritual Type?—Take the Quiz
Not every soul prays the same way — and that is by design. The Christian tradition has long recognized that God draws different people through
An Equestrian Folk Tale for Charros of All Ages
Charlie may be small, but he knows every move in the Charrería, the national sport of Mexico. When an unexpected turn of events at the local
The Greatest Comeback Story In Sports History
For more than a century, the Indiana University Hoosiers lived at the bottom of the college football world—outmatched, overlooked, and resigned to history. Then Curt
Were the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers the Greatest College Football Team Ever?
From the book Never Daunted: How Curt Cignetti Took Indiana Football from Worst to First and Changed the Game. In the hours and days after the
The Reign of the Masses: Ortega y Gasset a Hundred Years On
Those attuned to the socio-political currents of our time will find themselves haunted by a perplexing question: Why, in an age of unprecedented material comfort,
AI Art Is Not the Problem—It’s Our Taste
Earlier this month, an AI-generated song climbed all the way to the top of the country charts. Some were amazed by this milestone, which seemed
Charlie Kirk and the Catastrophic Fallacy at the Crux of Our Political Divide
While the assassination of Charlie Kirk was devastatingly horrific, it is possible that the response from regular people on the left has been even more
How to Use Gratitude to Attract Things to Be Grateful For
On Average, Americans say ‘Thank you’ six times a day or about 2,200 times a year. But is it enough? Recent studies show that sincere
Flipping the Script: How John Lasseter Revolutionized Media
The first step in solving the problem is to define the problem, and, to do that, sometimes we have to flip the script.
Falsification: How Failure Leads to Success
Thomas Edison had been working on a nickel-iron battery when his associate Walter S. Mallory stopped by the lab. For over five months, Edison hadn’t
Post-Human Human Interest
Google Gemini is running an ad during the Olympics that is utterly heartbreaking, and not in a good way. In it, parents want to help
Join in the Adventures of a Lovable Little Javelina
A lovable javelina sets off on an adventure with her desert wildlife friends to return a lost doll to a girl on the other side
It’s a Free Road: How Bobbi Gibbs Transformed Running
In February 1966 Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb applied to run in the Boston Marathon. She had always been a big runner. In college, she would run
Focus on What You Control: How Tom Brady’s Mindset Shift Made Him the Best
During his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady was thinking about transferring. He was third string and feared he wasn’t getting the opportunity to show
A Fresh Take on the Classics
Step into the enchanting world of timeless wisdom with ‘Eight Fables of Aesop’s’. Renowned English writer Jefferys Taylor artfully retells these eight tales in rhyme,