Essays

The Archive

Longform writing on power, conscience, institutional drift, home, and moral refusal.

May 25, 2026

The House They Won't Let You Build

A long-form essay on natural building, corporate influence, building codes, HOAs, development ideology, and the struggle to let ordinary people build homes that live with the Earth instead of merely on top of it.

May 4, 2026

This Could Be Your Town Next

America's data center boom is reshaping small towns faster than ordinary citizens can respond. A long-form civic essay on responsibility drift, community consent, and Oregon's draft Data Center Accountability & Moratorium Act as a model for communities nationwide.

April 25, 2026

The Cathedral & The Marketplace

On sacred inquiry, corrupted incentives, purchased certainty, and why science must be protected from the people who profit from answers.

April 18, 2026

The Gospel of Loud Men

On podcasters, pundits, political performance, and why a starving culture mistook confidence for wisdom.

April 13, 2026

No Opponent, No Republic

Why democracies decay the moment politics becomes extermination by softer means.

April 11, 2026

Where Do You Think 'Away' Is?

On NIMBYism, waste, recycling myths, quiet arrogance, and the strange psychology of pretending consequences live somewhere else.

April 6, 2026

Caesar's Ledger

On war, profit, power, memory, and the moral cost of pretending empire is peace.

March 30, 2026

Rights & Responsibilities

Why a successful culture never gives up on good people - and the cost of endless myopic charity.

March 23, 2026

The Founding Faith We Keep Inventing

On Christian nationalism, historical memory, and the country the founders actually built.

March 15, 2026

The Rule Most High

On spiritual hunger, Christian nationalism, forgotten wisdom, addiction, and the Golden Rule we keep pretending to rediscover.

February 8, 2026

Vitamin B6: Pyridoxine vs. P5P: Safety, Toxicity, and Supplementation

A comprehensive analysis of pyridoxine (vitamin B6), neurological risk, and safer alternatives.

February 2, 2026

The Ring of Power

A Tolkien-framed essay on centralized power, institutional drift, and the danger of believing the right people can wield too much authority safely.