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Nov 3

How the Founding Fathers Would Approach the Midterms

The men who created America’s constitutional system might recognize our political disagreements. But would they recognize how we have…

Six Founding Fathers in colonial attire examine a modern midterm election newspaper featuring Republican and Democratic symbols, with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

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Oct 11, 2025

Reverse-Order Cognition

Why Some of Us Think Backwards to Move Forwards

Illustration of a car’s rearview mirror divided into four panels. The first shows E=mc², the second da Vinci’s helicopter sketches, the third the Wright Flyer airplane, and the fourth Abraham Lincoln holding a law book — symbolizing great minds who worked backward from vision to achievement.

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Jan 26, 2025

The Human Paradox: Emotion and Reason in Decision-Making with Helpful Questionnaire

A question of which sides to take, emotion, reason or both and how?

A question of which side to take, emotion or reason?

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Sep 10, 2025

Emotion Is Not a Command; It’s a Signal

I used to live by detours.

Close-up of a person’s hand holding a vintage brass compass over an antique world map, with warm sunlight streaming across the scene. The compass symbolizes direction and choice, aligning with the essay’s theme that emotions are signals rather than commands. AI-generated image.

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13h ago

The Machinery of the Opposition

How We Reject Oppression

Dark gears symbolize oppression and surveillance, while golden gears represent justice and solidarity. People cross broken chains toward sunlight, symbolizing resistance and freedom.

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3d ago

The Borders of Law

Dobbs, Personhood, and the Problem of Fifty-State Federalism

Lady Justice beside a connected U.S. map illustrating abortion medication, telemedicine, IVF, interstate commerce, and overlapping state, federal, and international laws.

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5d ago

Beyond AI Detection: Writing as a Process, Not a Pattern

Why the questions we ask, the decisions we make, and the ideas we develop may tell us more about authorship than punctuation ever could.

A writer faces a digital AI figure beside a six-stage KyAI writing workflow, illustrating the distinction between textual production, intellectual contribution, and authorship.

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Nov 6

Our Nature to Refuse What We Are

On Psychological Vulnerability, Denial, and the Quiet Work of Self-Protection

$A thoughtful man studies his confident reflection in a fractured mirror surrounded by images of the brain, social media, crowds, relationships, and symbols of justice.$

$A thoughtful man studies his confident reflection in a fractured mirror surrounded by images of the brain, social media, crowds, relationships, and symbols of justice.$

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Nov 2

Trump’s Government Precedes Culture

Donald Trump overlooks American museums, libraries, schools, monuments, and government buildings, symbolizing the struggle between political authority and cultural identity.

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Oct 30

Torture and Death: The Sin of Making Monsters

When society authorizes cruelty or killing, it must confront not only what happens to the condemned, but what it asks others to become.

Symbolic illustration of a person confronting the shadow of state authority, representing the moral burden of torture, execution, and institutional responsibility.

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Writes on political psychology, power, and meaning collapse. Explains how systems, semantics, and civics shape politics and media silence. scharist.com

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