Ad hominem attacks feel like devastating counterarguments, but they’re just changing the subject. Once you learn to spot them, you can’t unsee how much political discourse is people yelling about each other instead of engaging with ideas.
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The Friday Night Special
While You Scrolled Clinton Hot Tub Photos, the Real News Got Buried The Epstein files dropped Friday and dominated every feed for hours. Photos of Bill Clinton in a hot… Read More
H-1B Visa: Modern Indentured Servitude
Musk threatened to “go to war” defending H-1B visas. Ramaswamy called Americans “mediocre.” The program exists because employers want workers who can’t leave, can’t negotiate, and can’t complain. That’s not a talent shortage – it’s leverage.
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The TikTok Shakedown
TikTok was going to be banned for national security. Then Trump “saved” it by handing it to Larry Ellison, the Murdochs, and Andreessen Horowitz – with a billion-dollar “fee” for the privilege. This is crony capitalism in its purest form.
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The Bond Heist: How Trump’s Cabinet Profits From Economic Chaos
Bessent made billions betting against currencies. Lutnick’s company holds $113B in Treasury bonds. Sacks pushes laws requiring crypto to buy bonds. They’re all designing our economic policy now.
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Harvard’s $57 Billion Lie
Harvard isn’t facing a money crisis. It’s making a values decision, and it tells you exactly where higher education is headed.
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Translating with Trust: The Principle of Charity (Essay #14)
The Principle of Charity demands you interpret arguments in their strongest possible form – not to concede they’re right, but to ensure you actually understand what you’re rejecting. Steel man, not straw man.
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The Syllogism Test: How to Dismantle Bad Arguments (Essay #13.5)
When an argument sounds reasonable but feels wrong, rebuild it as a syllogism. The hidden premise is usually where it falls apart. Works on AI doomers and everyone else.
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Reading the Fine Print: Unmasking Hidden Assumptions (Essay #13)
Every argument has hidden assumptions connecting evidence to conclusions. Learning to find them – and evaluate them – is how you stop accepting bad reasoning from your own side.
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When the Timeline Doesn’t Add Up – Wexner’s Epstein Problem (Epstein Essay #6)
Leslie Wexner claims he severed all ties with Jeffrey Epstein in fall 2007. Leaked emails show his family was still asking Epstein for financial approvals months later. A 2020 foundation review said “no contact” – the documentary evidence says otherwise.
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