The Inner Monologue

“But Science Doesn’t Know Everything!” – A Defense of Knowing Stuff

Oh, the classic refrain of the armchair philosopher, the conspiracy theorist, the mystic, and the guy who just really wants his pet pseudoscience to be taken seriously: “Science doesn’t have all the answers!” Well, no kidding. Science has never claimed to have all the answers—that’s kind of the whole point. It’s a process, not a…
The Invisible Epic: Why Humanity Cannot See the Earth Move

If there is one universal illusion shared by every person who has ever stood upon this planet, it is that the Earth beneath our feet is still. Mountains seem eternal, rivers ancient, valleys carved in some primordial age long past. Yet the truth is both humbling and exhilarating: everything we see is moving. The continents…
Reclaiming Our Rightful River: Why the Mississippi Must Bow Before the Missouri

By [Anonymous Patriot Hydrologist, Ph.D. (Probably)] There comes a time in every great nation’s life when it must look itself squarely in the mirror—then turn slightly to catch the light just right—and admit a terrible truth: we’ve been calling the wrong river by the wrong name for nearly two hundred years. It’s an embarrassment. A…
When Gotham Is Chicago and Metropolis Is New York: America’s Two Souls in Concrete Form

For nearly a century, comic fans, filmmakers, and philosophers of pop culture have debated where exactly Gotham City and Metropolis truly reside on the American map. Are they sister cities divided by a river, coastlines apart, or metaphysical reflections of one another? Traditionally, most assume Gotham is a stylized version of New York City —…
The Health That Could Have Been: How National Healthcare Might Have Advanced Human Wellbeing

There are moments in a nation’s history when a single policy decision creates a fork in the human timeline — not just economically or politically, but biologically. The United States’ decision not to adopt national healthcare in the 20th century is one such moment. It didn’t merely change how people paid for medicine; it altered…
A Government That Fails Its Workers Deserves to Be Called What It Is: Ineffectual

If this president allows fourteen thousand farms and businesses to fail under his watch, history will not remember him as cautious, or deliberate, or prudent. It will remember him as ineffectual. A leader who mistook stubbornness for strength and paralysis for principle. A man who watched the people who feed and build this country go…
Why Do Leaders Torch Their Own Countries? Because Chaos is a Ladder, Darling

Oh, look—another political leader has turned their nation into a smoldering crater of dysfunction. Shocking. But before you assume they’re just incompetent, let’s consider the thrilling possibility that they’re winning—just not for the country. 1. The Power Trip: “I’m the Main Character” Syndrome Some leaders don’t just want power; they want all of it, preferably…
Every opinion I hold started as a question.

What’s something most people don’t know about you? Most people don’t know that I see the world less as a collection of moments and more as a series of hypotheses. Every opinion I hold started as a question, every belief as an experiment. I’ve spent years testing ideas about economics, politics, technology, and human behavior—not…
Only Morons Believe in Voter Fraud

Every election cycle, like clockwork, a politician somewhere decides that the easiest way to explain losing is to call the entire American voting system a fraud. It’s a lazy, cowardly lie—and an insult to every voter’s intelligence. Let’s be clear: meaningful voter fraud in the United States is functionally impossible. Not “rare.” Not “unproven.” Impossible…
“Congratulations, You’re Delusional: A Love Letter to Reality”

Ah, perception—the cozy little blanket we wrap ourselves in to avoid the cold, hard floor of reality. Most people stroll through life convinced they’re the star of a reasonably well-scripted drama, where they’re above-average drivers, owners of legitimate sports cars, and proud citizens of a true democracy. Spoiler alert: You’re probably wrong on all counts.…