An Analysis of Regime Logic in Northern Kentucky: Who Is Allowed to Be Human?
The aftermath of the Dustin Zink shooting reveals how institutions decide who receives complexity, compassion, and scrutiny.
Bradley Blankenship
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Two Shootings, Two Stories: The Narrative Politics of Law Enforcement in Northern Kentucky
A case study in counterinsurgency and narrative warfare in suburban Kentucky.
Address: Standing Firm in a Chaotic World
A speech on staying human, and loving one's neighbor, in a time of sin and decadence.
Address: To Rule Oneself
A speech on self-mastery and returning to first principles.
Column: Thomas Massie’s Defeat to Trump-Backed Ed Gallrein Speaks Directly to America’s Moral Decline
A healthy society rewards honesty, independence, transparency, and institutional courage. A diseased culture values something altogether different.
Column: China-US Competition Need Not End in Collision
The recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing was significant not because it resolved every contradiction, but because it showed that both sides un
Essay: On Reconciliation
A brief reflection on the process of running a truth commission in suburban Kentucky.
Column: China Puts Its Global Security Vision Into Practice
China is expanding intelligence and law enforcement cooperation with other nations as transnational threats increasingly outpace the capacity of any single nation to respond alone.
Campbell County Official Taken Down by State for Child Sex Crimes
State intervention leads to arrest of property value administrator in historical mafia jurisdiction.
War, Purges, and the Early Signals of Regime Destabilization
As the US-Israeli war on Iran intensifies, the internal mechanisms that sustain coherent governance in Washington are beginning to fracture.
Northern Kentucky’s Quiet War on Government Transparency
Local governments cite “AI abuse” and administrative burden. Residents and transparency advocates see something else: a growing inclination to deny.
Column: China Proves That Modernization and Meaning Can Go Hand in Hand
As Western societies grapple with alienation and declining civic trust, China's development model is showing how a modernizing nation can grow rich without losing its soul.
Strategic Miscalculation: The Emerging Consensus on Washington’s Iran War
Internal warnings, logistical constraints, allied dissent, and strategic drift reveal a widening gap between Washington’s military escalation and any coherent political endgame.
Column: Takaichi's Mandate Can't Overcome Japan's Structural Traps
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's landslide gives her power to revise Japan's constitution. But structural issues leave Tokyo with far less room to maneuver.
Early Warning Signs from the Edge of Artificial Intelligence
We are not witnessing science fiction, but another atomic change in our information space.
Northern Kentucky Truth & Accountability Project Releases Charter 26
National civic organization launched to document and resist human rights abuses.
Column: Epstein Files Expose Collapse of American Legitimacy
The newly released Epstein documents reveal more than elite depravity. They expose a deeper unraveling of moral order and institutional trust at the height of U.S. global power.
The Digital Schism: Democracies Are Finally Treating Social Media as a National Security Threat
How social media crossed from cultural nuisance to strategic threat—and why states are finally responding.
The End Times of MAGA
What the Epstein files, Minnesota, IC complaints, and the seizure of ballots reveal about a state in breakdown
City of Florence Under Scrutiny as Federal Investigations Expand in Northern Kentucky
FBI inquiry in Florence highlights growing concerns over local governance.