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Jacob Barrow

True Faith: Disillusionment of the Papacy

True Faith: Disillusionment of the Papacy

Below is the first of three articles spanning religion, current affairs, U.S. elections, education, and DARPA failures. Please enjoy the first of the three. Institutional Chirality What happens in a biological system when an ion channel, receptor, or molecular pump designed to recognize one stereochemical orientation is suddenly presented

Times Are A-Changin': The 60% Measure

Times Are A-Changin': The 60% Measure

As a former military analyst, one golden rule was reinforced continuously: no analyst has a crystal ball. We will make mistakes, and owning those mistakes—then learning from them—is what continually refines analytic rigor. In the schoolhouse, soldiers going through the intelligence pipeline are taught to strive for something

European Spiritual Revival: The Papacy's Relocation

European Spiritual Revival: The Papacy's Relocation

Background The Council of Florence of 1439 becomes the historical foundation for relocating the Holy See from Rome to Kyiv. Florence attempted to reunite the Catholic West and Orthodox East through Metropolitan Isidore of Kyiv and all Rus’, but Moscow rejected the settlement, beginning a separation that would eventually help

Price of Acknowledgment: Laurel’s Timely Disaster

Price of Acknowledgment: Laurel’s Timely Disaster

This is a follow-up to Sigcryptal’s Man Above God assessment produced last night. Normally, this assessment would have waited—our offices were closed for an early four-day weekend—but circumstances introduced a timely human-life variable that required immediate discussion: the planned September 5–6 White House

God, War, and the Wrong Mediator

God, War, and the Wrong Mediator

Building the Scene/Premise 1. The Political Pope Pope Leo XIV does not enter the geopolitical arena as an ideologically blank mediator. Before becoming pope, Robert Prevost publicly circulated criticism of both Donald Trump and JD Vance, including opposition to Vance’s interpretation of ordo amoris and criticism of Trump-

Mechanized Rest Circuit: A No-Brainer Military Recovery

Mechanized Rest Circuit: A No-Brainer Military Recovery

Future warfare is not coming. It is already entering production. The Army’s M7 and M250 are being fielded, while the shorter 6.8 mm XM8 Carbine received its first delivery in April 2026. Ironically, the Army’s “future” is already here. Why Care? The Marine Corps still fields the

Litmus Test: Blue Reactions

Litmus Test: Blue Reactions

Money. This thing we assign value to could reasonably be called the number-one source of trouble within marriages, a driver behind much of crime, and apparently the lifeblood of the corporate world. Should politics be any different? Though money itself is not the root of all evil, monetary value