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- NYT: ‘Why Virginia Roberts Giuffre Would Not Stop Talking About Jeffrey Epstein’
- NYT: ‘Life as a Female Journalist: Hot or Not?’
- The Hero System of Journalist Amy Wallace
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- The Hero System of Human Rights Scholar Amanda Alexander
- Andrew Gelman’s Hero System
- The Internet’s Most Notorious Antisemite Walks into… Lakewood (The Lucas Gage story)
- The Hero System of Professor Aaron W. Hughes
- Philosopher Michael Huemer & The Credit of Appearances
- The Hero System of Professor David N. Myers
- Maggie Haberman’s Hero System
- Jonathan Swan’s Hero System
- Dean Baquet’s Hero System
- The Columbia Journalism Review’s Hero System
- Philosopher Michael Huemer: ‘Don’t Trust the Media’
- Amartya Sen: Economics as Moral Inquiry
- Brian Stelter: The Reporter on the Reporters
- Freedom as Non-Domination: The Political Philosophy of Philip Pettit
- Jürgen Habermas: The Unforced Force of the Better Argument
- Avishai Margalit: The Philosopher of Humiliation
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* American Epistemics (1-19-26)
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* The Luke Ford Genre (1-18-26)
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* Decoding The Trump Doctrine (1-4-26)
* If Tatiana Schlossberg were “Tatiana Smith” (12-30-25)
* ‘I’m So Trained’: How The Credential Society Burned Down the Palisades (12-28-25)
* Status Closure and The Lost Generation (12-25-25)
* The Bondi Massacre (12-15-25)
* Sydney Jews Learn That Their Aussie Social Contract Has Become A Suicide Pact (12-15-25)
* Terror in Sydney: Analyzing the “Chanukah by the Sea” Massacre (12-14-25)
* Decoding Nick Fuentes (11-2-25)
* The Landscape of Emotional Sobriety (10-29-30)
* The Rise & Fall Of Air Supply (10-19-25)
* No Kings, No Results: How Elite Pride Replaced Real Progress (10-19-25)
* You Are An Important Soldier In A Great War (9-7-25)
* The Revolt Of The Masses (8-31-25)
* The Covenant of Ashwood (8-24-25)
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* Why Is The Elite Media Singing From The Same Hymnal About The Trump-Putin Summit? (8-17-25)
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Category Archives: Personal
Our First Date Was Amazing!
In 2003, I have this amazing first date. We meet for coffee. We talk for two hours. I buy us sandwiches. Then she gets in my serial killer van and we drive up the 1 to Malibu and walk hand … Continue reading
How Do I Live With Passion?
I’m taking these Chinese herbs to help me sleep but they leave me a tad groggy during the day unless I’m excited. So I’m driving home in a daze last night and I had a sense memory of about a … Continue reading
My Fear Of Abandonment II
* I tend to cling through hell and high water. Because of my fear of abandonment, I put up with more abuse than most BFs, so GFs to get rid of me, have to go bang someone else, at which … Continue reading
My Fear Of Abandonment
How do you react when people start backing away? I tend to freak out. Even if I make no outward sign of being traumatized, my thinking becomes obsessed with solely the looming abandonment. My work and writing suffer. I can’t … Continue reading
Love And Loss
* I usually see a gulf between the stability of those women I date who come from solid homes and those who come from broken homes. Women with troubled relationships with their father in particular are usually a horror to … Continue reading
Pacific Union College – A Paradise Lost
A favorite memory of mine is driving up Howell Mountain Road to Pacific Union College (PUC), listening to “Open Arms” by Journey, getting ready to fall into the open arms of my Adventist friends. I didn’t have my first non-Adventist … Continue reading
What Do I Do With My Regret?
On the one hand, I tell myself that given who I was, I couldn’t have acted differently in the past. There’s no reason to regret. In the present moment, I feel like I have free-will, but when I look over … Continue reading
I’m Addicted To Girls Named Lisa
Hi, my name is Luke and I’m an addict. I’m addicted to girls named Lisa. Lisas are born Jewish. I’m a convert to Judaism. They’re the real deal. I stumble. They know Hebrew. I know Aboriginal. They’re little, I’m big. … Continue reading
Dude, Where’s My Recovery?
What I Learned From My Six-Month Performance Class
Last night was the last class in a six month program to create a solo show. LIST THE FEARS AND DOUBTS THAT KEEP ARISING: * I have a hard time getting as excited about describing the good things I’m doing … Continue reading