Month August 2026

The Voter’s Playbook: How to Make Elections Work for You

Voting isn’t going to fix everything. It won’t rewrite the economy or erase inequality overnight. But skipping it doesn’t weaken “the system” — it just hands your voice to someone else. And most decisions that shape your daily life aren’t…

The Golden Age of Not Offending Stupid People

You’ve probably heard this complaint before: “Smart people have to stay quiet now so that dumb people don’t get offended.” The idea behind it is that there used to be a time when you could say the truth and face…

Questioning Authority Is the Moderate Position

Questioning authority isn’t radical. Blind obedience to authority is. Nearly every brutal, backwards regime in history shares the same origin story: crowds of people convinced that this government, this leader, was the one worth trusting without question. The moderate position…