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Uncommon Valor Is a Common Virtue
Ordinary Iranians—shopkeepers, students, athletes, women on balconies, and men in town squares—have decided that obedience has become more dangerous…
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Letter VII: On the Silence of the Heartland
The measure of a nation is not how loudly it remembers its founding, but how quietly it tends the faith that once made remembering unnecessary.
Oct 21, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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The Moral Hazard of Selective Recognition
Is terrorism a reliable path to legitimacy?
Oct 3, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Without Borders, Everything Becomes Stolen Land
Feb 7, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Why the Left Keeps Falling for Criminals
Mar 14, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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I Came to America for Free Speech—Then I Saw How It’s Policed: Part 1
Mar 20, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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I Came to America for Free Speech—Then I Saw How It’s Policed: Part 2
Apr 2, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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RedNote Isn’t Real Life
Jan 30, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter II: On Fidelity to the Forgotten Creed
Apr 27, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letters to the Forgetful Republic
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Letter VII: On the Silence of the Heartland
The measure of a nation is not how loudly it remembers its founding, but how quietly it tends the faith that once made remembering unnecessary.
Oct 21, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter VI: On the Martyrdom of Free Speech
The silence of one man’s grave may foretell the silence of a nation.
Sep 11, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter V: On Truth, Justice, and the American Way
Power untempered by principle invites tyranny; power restrained by duty becomes the guardian of the common good.
Jul 21, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter IV: On Memorial Day and the Murder of Peacemakers
The death of a soldier is mourned by nations. The death of a peacemaker is mourned by silence.
May 26, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter III: On Free Markets and Unfree Men
Trade divorced from virtue is but gilded bondage—prosperity bought at the soul’s expense.
May 5, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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I Came to America for Free Speech—Then I Saw How It’s Policed: Part 2
We’ve gone from cancel culture to capture culture. The woke revolution may be over in 2025—but the MAGA revolution is just getting started.
Apr 2, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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I Came to America for Free Speech—Then I Saw How It’s Policed: Part 1
When ideology is religion, campus bureaucracy becomes the inquisition.
Mar 20, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter VI: On the Martyrdom of Free Speech
The silence of one man’s grave may foretell the silence of a nation.
Sep 11, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Letter V: On Truth, Justice, and the American Way
Power untempered by principle invites tyranny; power restrained by duty becomes the guardian of the common good.
Jul 21, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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Why Do the Loneliest Men Speak English?
Where other societies might treat romantic disappointment as a relational misfortune, the Anglophone world reimagines it as ontological destiny and…
Jun 28, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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The Apostles of America’s Democracy
For all the blood spilled and fortunes lost on wars and nation-building, America’s most compelling export has never been its weaponry. It has been its…
Jun 12, 2025
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Jay Sophalkalyan
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