<![CDATA[Skeptically Curious ]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6C5G!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bd3064b-5a25-4528-ae33-6b56e79af3c6_500x500.pngSkeptically Curious https://skepticallycurious.substack.comSubstackTue, 01 Sep 2026 05:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Performative Politics and the Fragmented Populace]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/performative-politics-and-the-fragmentedhttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/performative-politics-and-the-fragmentedSun, 26 Jul 2026 22:28:24 GMT

Scrolling through social media this weekend, I was reminded of the moment President Barack Obama acknowledged his awareness of his public perception. It was at a White House Correspondents Dinner in 2015. In the last phase of his speech, he invited the character “Luther, The Anger Translator” to the stage. Luther was the creation of the second half of…

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]]><![CDATA[3 Things to Know: 07.16.26]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-071626https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-071626Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:13:18 GMTRUNNING OUT OF TIME…

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It always seems like there is never enough time in the day. At least never enough sunlight. Well, the House of Representatives just passed an idea they think will solve this pressing problem. On Tuesday, the House passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent around the country. This would en…

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]]><![CDATA[The Historical Trauma of the Wells Story]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-historical-trauma-of-the-wellshttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-historical-trauma-of-the-wellsTue, 14 Jul 2026 21:57:29 GMT
USGS: Aerial view of Horn Island off coast of Mississippi

Growing up in Chicago, I never knew the boundaries of a safe haven neighborhood were defined by decades of traumatic racial lessons. I was raised on the Southside, in the heart of the historic Bronzeville section which stretched nearly 20 blocks north and south and was walled by Lake Michigan to …

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]]><![CDATA[A Little Time Off]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/a-little-time-offhttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/a-little-time-offTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:02:11 GMTHello Skeptically Curious Community. It’s time for a bit of a re-energizing moment. I will be offline for the next two weeks.

Today, is a big day at the Supreme Court with the pending ruling on Birthright Citizenship.

As one offering I thought a revisit to our article during oral arguments might be worth a reprisal.

https://open.substack.com/pub/skepti…

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol 11]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-11https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-11Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:44:08 GMT
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Anyone keeping score on the number of Democratic incumbents who have succumb to the alternative wave the Democratic Socialists of America are causing this election cycle can turn their attention next to Colorado. Next Tuesday, voters in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District —which includes Denver—will choose between lon…

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]]><![CDATA[3 Things to Know: 06.25.26]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-062526https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-062526Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:25:25 GMTEYE ON THE EPA…

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As the Supreme Court winds down its current term, the Justices are releasing some of their most closely watched cases. Next week, the Court will release decisions in the highly anticipated Birthright Citizenship case as well as ruling on how far the Trump Administration can go in removing agency heads —inclu…

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]]><![CDATA[Why Americans Should Keir]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/why-americans-should-keirhttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/why-americans-should-keirMon, 22 Jun 2026 23:17:11 GMT

The Brexit hangover continues to be a headache for the political class in Great Britain. Today, Keir Starmer, just a couple of weeks from two years living in 10 Downing Street stepped outside one of the most famous doors in London this morning and announced he would be stepping down. The writing on the proverbial wall seemed inevitable for a Prime Mini…

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol. 10]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-10https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-10Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:57:31 GMT
Felix Haywood, formerly enslaved at age 97 in 1936 outside his Texas home.

There’s an old proverb which says: “As long as antelope are historians, lions will always be predators.” At its core, is a lesson that whoever has the power, gets to shape how historical narratives are shaped. I thought about that lesson today, as the country pauses to mark June…

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]]><![CDATA[Pessimism & The People’s House]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/pessimism-and-the-peoples-househttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/pessimism-and-the-peoples-houseMon, 15 Jun 2026 23:11:27 GMT
The White House circa 1820s. The period in which the building would become known as “The People’s House.”

The People’s House was the setting for a patriotic pay-per-view moment this weekend. The highly anticipated UFC event on the reconstructed White House South Lawn occurred on Sunday to great pomp and circumstance. There was the incredible visual of a…

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol. 9]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-9https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-9Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:17:20 GMTToday, the highly anticipated initial public offering for SpaceX kicked-off. As expected the entry of the high tech rocket maker into the public markets sent the price soaring 19%.

Just after noon, SpaceX started trading at $135 a share ballooning to more than $175 a share before coming down to earth a bit ending its first trading day at near $161. That…

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]]><![CDATA[3 Things To Know: 06.11.26]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-061126https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-061126Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:34:18 GMTBelfast Boils Over…

After two nights of civil unrest, Belfast’s boil seems to have simmered. Earlier this week, a mob of masked men set off a string of violence leading to homes, vehicles and city property set ablaze throughout the Northern Ireland city and nearby towns. The fuel for the discourse was a fast spreading viral video of an alleged knife ass…

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]]><![CDATA[The Access versus Accountability Debate]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-access-versus-accountabilityhttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-access-versus-accountabilityMon, 08 Jun 2026 23:58:36 GMT

South Carolina has become the latest laboratory to try and solve the crisis of youth social media over usage. Last month, Governor Henry McMaster signed the Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media Act into law. It’s the state’s attempt to hold social media companies more responsible for the doom scrolling of their younger users. In essence, the law requ…

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol. 8]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-8https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-8Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:56:40 GMT

There’s an old idiom which used to be common place in most newsrooms — at least the ones I’ve had the honor of working in: “How will this play in Peoria?” Being from Chicago, I always felt in sync with this question. It wasn’t purely a play to a small city of just over 115,000 in central Illinois. It was an editorial framing question. It was a quest…

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]]><![CDATA[3 Things To Know: 06.03.26]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-060326https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-060326Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:53:12 GMT

Pride & Prejudice?:

June is Pride Month. It’s a moment to reflect and highlight the struggle and progress of the LGBTQ+ community ‘s fight for equality since police on June 28, 1969 raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village. That incident sparked days of protests and is widely seen as the moment which ignited the modern equal rights…

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]]><![CDATA[Profile In Courage In Our Changing Times]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/profile-in-courage-in-our-changinghttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/profile-in-courage-in-our-changingMon, 01 Jun 2026 22:14:19 GMT

In normal times one would rarely be considered courageous for saying obviously true things. If someone looks up at the sky and proclaims it blue or glances at the Grand Canyon and declares it vast or deep — would not take much resolve. But in today’s political environment — saying obviously true things can often take a wealth of courage to give voice t…

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]]><![CDATA[If We Must Die]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/if-we-must-diehttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/if-we-must-dieSat, 30 May 2026 15:08:19 GMTIf we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making their mock at our accursèd lot.

If we must die, O let us nobly die,

So that our precious blood may not be shed

In vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!

O kinsmen! we must meet the commo…

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol. 7]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-7https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-7Fri, 29 May 2026 17:20:56 GMTCrumbling Creed:

One of, if not the most important, characteristic which makes America an exceptional nation is what binds us together as citizens. It is not a commonality of racial or ethnic make-up, or religious beliefs. It is the fact we are bound together by a set of ideals. Embedded within our founding documents that we are endowed from a creator i…

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]]><![CDATA[3 Things To Know: 05.27.26]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-052726https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/3-things-to-know-052726Wed, 27 May 2026 22:08:22 GMTAfter a brief hiatus 3 Things To Know is back. There’s just so many interesting things going on in all sorts of topical spheres these days that I needed some outlet to get as much of it on paper as I can. Hope you continue to enjoy it.

Roots Reversal

It seems the good folks on the Knox County School Board have had a change of heart and has decided to re…

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]]><![CDATA[Ode on Memorial Day ]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/ode-on-memorial-dayhttps://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/ode-on-memorial-dayMon, 25 May 2026 12:19:58 GMTYou can never go wrong with Shakespeare. Especially when it’s Henry V

https://youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM?si=IAkNpi6dl8oJjWNj

And then for those who fought to save Democracy while being denied its promise themselves

The Negro Soldiers

By Roscoe Jamison

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]]><![CDATA[The Illustrated Week: Vol. 6]]>https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-6https://skepticallycurious.substack.com/p/the-illustrated-week-vol-6Fri, 22 May 2026 16:50:30 GMTToday, the Kevin Warsh Era at the Federal Reserve begins. He was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at an unprecedented ceremony at the White House. These events typically occur at the Fed HQ and unlike today, the President is usually no where to be seen. It’s a norm to reinforce the Fed Chairman’s independence. Warsh comes in with inflation headwin…

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