Goya and the Industrial Assembly Line of Death
The firing squad in Goya’s Third of May 1808 has no faces. They don’t need them. Here’s what the painting actually says about empires, workers, and who bleeds when states collide.
Goya’s Third of May: The Assembly Line of State Murder
Goya’s Third of May 1808 isn’t a war painting. It’s the moment a Spanish artist realized what modern war actually is — the mechanized, faceless killing of the poor.
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill — One Idea, One Hundred and Sixty Years, Still Not Settled
A review of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty — the Harm Principle, individual freedom, and why governments still can’t leave it alone 165 years later.
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin — A Beautiful Blueprint That Keeps Running Into Human Nature
A critical review of Kropotkin’s The Conquest of Bread — what anarcho-communism gets right about wealth and labor, and why it keeps hitting the same structural wall.
ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Minnesota Woman During Immigration Operation — Officials Dispute What Happened
A federal immigration agent fatally shot a 37‑year‑old woman Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on…
Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney: The Philosopher America Forgot to Remember
Every schoolchild learns Locke. They learn Montesquieu. They learn Jefferson, who borrowed from both. What…
