Chuck Norris: The Hero Who Taught Me to Never Give Up
Chuck Norris didn’t die. He just levelled up. I know, I know — that’s exactly the kind of joke he’d…
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Eid Mubarak: A Prayer for Peace Under the Crescent Moon
The moon has spoken. Tonight, roughly 2 billion Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr — the festival of breaking…
Mars: The sheer industrial impossibility of terraforming
When the concept of terraforming Mars was first proposed, the scale of the undertaking was immediately recognized as daunting….
Stop the War — We’re All Paying the Price
War is expensive. And you’re footing the bill. Right now, as I write this from my wheelchair in my small…
You Are the Brightest Star — Happy Women’s Day 2026
Today, I’m not talking about the moon. I won’t describe the craters of Tycho or the soft glow of a…
War’s Hidden Tax: When Bombs Become Bills
War is expensive. And you’re paying for it. Not with a rifle in your hands or a helmet on your…
War Has Never Been Called War — A Reflection
Language is the first casualty of war. Not soldiers. Not civilians. Not truth — though truth follows close behind. It’s…
Old Hands on the Future’s Steering Wheel
Power has a wrinkle problem. Look at the numbers laid out in the viral post circulating right now: Vladimir Putin…
Tonight We Watch TV. Tomorrow We Might Watch War.
The bombs fell while we scrolled. Some of us were watching Sanremo, humming along to a ballad we’d forget by…