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Cultures Don’t Break from Jokes. They Break from Censorship
Taste is personal. Rights are public.
Aug 26 • 
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July 2025

Obvious Truths in an Age of Cowards
A defense of the public voice against intellectual gatekeeping.
Jul 8 • 
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The Lollipop, the Stream, and the Procession
Yesterday, we spent the day at a natural park called Sarab in Persian, the “origin of the water,” a natural spring near Songhor where cool, clear water…
Jul 6 • 
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Yes, the Past Was Wrong — And It’s Time We Said So
There’s a kind of moral confusion I keep encountering in conversations about history — a discomfort with judgment, a reluctance to say the obvious: that…
Jul 3 • 
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June 2025

Philosophy in the Time of Missiles
When the sky burns, some people run. Others sit by a fire and talk about art.
Jun 29 • 
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A Physical Definition of Art: Seeing Through the Brain
Why it’s time to stop pretending art is too mysterious to define
Jun 21 • 
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May 2025

Don’t Judge People, But Please Judge Ideas
Walking in Someone’s Shoes Does Not Mean Walking Away from Truth
May 27 • 
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