The Empire Eater — Lessons from the Graveyard of Empires, Epilogue

They called Afghanistan “The Graveyard of Empires,” and by the time the Soviets showed up, it already had a headstone collection. The Persians, the Greeks, the Mongols, and the British were all buried there in one form or another. Still, the Soviets thought they could be different. They always do.

The left keep attacking Riley Gaines Barker for everything except her real argument

Judging from my Twitter — I refuse to call it 𝕏 — feed, the talking points memo has gone out: the left must attack Riley Gaines Barker, the former University of Kentucky swimmer who is now a vocal advocate for protecting women’s sports from men males who think they’re somehow women. It’s no surprise to …

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Half a Brain, Whole Lotta Dumb: Why America Needs Both Hemispheres

We humans were built with two brain hemispheres for a reason. The left hemisphere handles logic, reason, and order — the spreadsheet half that alphabetizes the soup cans. The right hemisphere deals in creativity, intuition, and art — the half that paints the soup cans and calls it “social commentary.” Together, they make a functioning human being.