Thoughtful Perspectives on Modern Issues
The news came quietly, as these things often do—Jane Goodall died this week at ninety-one, her long life devoted to a practice so simple it sounds almost absurd to our modern ears: she sat still and watched. For decades, she observed chimpanzees in the forests of Tanzania, not rushing to conclusions, not imposing human frameworks…
A 1000-Word Analysis of Samantha Sotto Yambao’s Enchanting Novel Samantha Sotto Yambao’s Water Moon is a shimmering example of what happens when literary fiction embraces the fantastical without losing its philosophical heart. This novel doesn’t simply tell a story—it constructs an entire cosmology of possibility, where pawnshops deal in almosts and ifs, museums preserve squandered…
As a woman veteran, I approach Pete Hegseth’s “The War on Warriors” not as an abstract policy debate but as a direct challenge to my service and that of thousands of women who have worn the uniform with distinction. Hegseth argues that “woke” policies—particularly the integration of women into combat roles and diversity initiatives—have fundamentally…