Despite still not receiving anywhere near the level of aid it needs and deserves, Ukraine’s defenders are hanging on through grit and skill. There are probably no better fighters on the planet today than the defenders of Ukraine. Naturally, this varies across the 50–60 brigades Ukraine now fields, but in…

Proponents are loathe to admit it, but the fact of the matter is that Humanism is bigotry. Humanism is a philosophical ideology rooted in the claim that human beings are more special than any other thing in the cosmos. The reason this view is popular is that Humanism makes people…

If you are a new writer on Medium or thinking about becoming one, you need to know what you’re getting into. As the new CEO pivots the platform ahead of the anticipated recession, many longstanding writers are being squeezed out — and not for the first time. You might be…

Though Wagner troops gained more ground north of Bakhmut, Ukraine appears to have won valuable breathing room to the south. In the process, they have deftly illustrated another key principle in systems theory applied to warfare: the age-old tactic of letting your opponent commit themselves to a move so you…

The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank offers a harsh reminder that the American economy remains deeply broken. As a systems nerd with graduate level training in economic policy who lived through the Great Recession, I can’t say I’m the least bit surprised to see banks collapsing now, sixteen years…

A statistic that should shock the world: only 43% of Americans oppose secession. This finding, from a recent The Economist/YouGov poll, underpins the basic case about America that I’ve been making to anyone who will listen since Trump won the Republican Party primaries in 2016: this iteration of America has…

There’s a whole lot more to these raiders and traders from Scandinavia than your teachers bothered to tell you. The Vikings have taken their place alongside the Mongols and Huns in the pantheon of history, at least as it is taught to the average student, as lasting symbols of the…

Death and rebirth are a natural part of the life cycle of any organization or institution. To change requires letting go of past truths and embracing new ones. We all live in a world where the reality we inhabit is constructed by the way we perceive it. This perception is…

In which Russia clearly wants Ukraine to surrender Bakhmut, but Ukraine’s defenders keep on saying nuts! Only instead of bothering to deliver a message in written form, Ukraine continues its standing trend of using high explosives to do the job. The past week in Ukraine has been interesting, to say…