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Invaded America: A Thought Experiment
Let’s try a thought experiment. It’s December 1994. The Cold War has just ended and has resulted in the collapse of the Union of North American Social Republics (UNASR). Following its dissolution, the United States had the third largest stockpile of nuclear warheads, only shadowed by the two major nuclear states: Canada and Australia. However,
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Pluralism: A Case
E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. A Latin phrase emblazoned on corroded pennies lying damp on street corners, etched meticulously in the limestone facades of government buildings, and draped across the outstretched hands of angels in the The Apotheosis of Washington in the Capitol rotunda. But most importantly, a creed that lies in the
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Somewhere in This Dust Heap There’s a Richness
It’s Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Donald Trump is president-elect. The sun rose in the east and a light rain trickled on my windshield as I drove to the gym. I received an email from work saying that it is “Stress Awareness Day”. That brings a smile to my face. I listen to the radio to
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Policy Won’t Win Over Young Men
At times, it can seem almost trite to say something is in the cultural zeitgeist, or to use the contemporary parlance, is “having a moment”. What qualifies as such? It smacks of marketing sensationalism and influencer-era hyperbole. But it would be difficult to argue that the focus of the 2024 presidential election hasn’t aimed its
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Is It Just a Game?
On Friday evenings twenty years ago, my grandfather—the paragon Hoosier basketball fanatic—would trek the short two-block divide between his home and my parents’ home in our small, southern Indiana town. I—an emerging fanatic in my own right—would be waiting in my parents’ driveway practicing free throws and left-handed layups. He would stop near the edge
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