The Archive
Longform writing on power, conscience, institutional drift, home, and moral refusal.
Plastic Fantastic
The miracle material, the recycling myth, and the mess we made of matter.
The Coward’s Colosseum
Social media, moral cowardice, and the industrialization of outrage.
America at 250
A Love Letter, A Warning, and A Reckoning
The Man Who Never Swore and the Bastard Who Saved Your Life
Why words are easier to police than character.
The Tool and the Permit
Capability, regulation, and the quiet war over who gets to build the future.
The Birthday Party
Trump Turns 80. Er, I mean America Turns 250. Hooray?
The Desert and the Mirror
On open-mindedness, memory, mindfulness, and the courage to become nobody in particular.
The Republic of Exceptions
How civilizations abandon accountability and teach corruption to thrive.
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.
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.
The Pendulum Has No Memory
On ideology, forgotten wisdom, rights and responsibilities, and why the middle sees every mistake twice.
The Cathedral & The Marketplace
On sacred inquiry, corrupted incentives, purchased certainty, and why science must be protected from the people who profit from answers.
The Gospel of Loud Men
On podcasters, pundits, political performance, and why a starving culture mistook confidence for wisdom.
No Opponent, No Republic
Why democracies decay the moment politics becomes extermination by softer means.
Where Do You Think 'Away' Is?
On NIMBYism, waste, recycling myths, quiet arrogance, and the strange psychology of pretending consequences live somewhere else.
Caesar's Ledger
On war, profit, power, memory, and the moral cost of pretending empire is peace.
Rights & Responsibilities
Why a successful culture never gives up on good people - and the cost of endless myopic charity.
The Founding Faith We Keep Inventing
On Christian nationalism, historical memory, and the country the founders actually built.
The Rule Most High
On spiritual hunger, Christian nationalism, forgotten wisdom, addiction, and the Golden Rule we keep pretending to rediscover.
Vitamin B6: Pyridoxine vs. P5P: Safety, Toxicity, and Supplementation
A comprehensive analysis of pyridoxine (vitamin B6), neurological risk, and safer alternatives.
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.