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Essays, evaluations, and observations on the drift of modern institutions.
When Truth Comes Too Cheaply
by Richard P. Weigand Some truths lose force when they are handed over too early. Not because they are...
Read Article Cognitive Immunity Is Not Obsession
by Richard P. Weigand There is a danger in studying deception too long. At first, the work feels necessary....
Read Article The Discipline of Looking: How Ordinary People Recover Clear Sight
Clear sight does not begin with brilliance. It begins with the discipline to pause, define words, look at outcomes, ask...
Read Article How Wrong Things Learn to Sound Reasonable
Wrong things rarely survive by calling themselves wrong. They need better names. The act remains, the word changes, and the...
Read Article The Quiet Sense of Truth: Why Conscience Notices Before the Mind Explains
Before a person can always explain what is wrong, he may still sense that the words no longer match the...
Read Article Truth as the Beginning of Repair: Why Nothing Can Be Corrected Until It Is Seen Clearly
Truth does not repair everything by itself. But without truth, repair has no place to begin. Nothing can be corrected...
Read Article Problems and Complexities
Complexity often gathers around a basic fact that has been missed. A good professional brings the parts into order and...
Read Article Why People Defend What Harms Them: How Loyalty, Fear, and Habit Protect the Very Things That Damage You
People often defend harmful things not because they are blind, but because admitting the harm would require them to question...
Read Article Authority Does Not Create Truth: Why Expertise Must Answer to Reality
Authority can guide us toward truth, but it cannot create truth. Even the highest authority must still answer to what...
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