Joe, with degrees in engineering and economics, raced motorcycles, founded 3 software companies, and launched one of the first computer store chains. Now he writes novels and Ghost essays while traveling with his wife, Lanying, and their cat, Cat.
Home About Become a Member Share Summary Halfway House is a blunt look at the gap between punishment and freedom in the United States. It’s not a story of rehabilitation so much as a holding pen—where people who have already served their time are kept in limbo, monitored,
The Trump White House went after Lisa Cook like it was a gang hit. She’s a Federal Reserve governor—appointed for 14 years, removable only for cause. That firewall was built for moments like this: to keep politicians from grabbing the wheel of monetary policy. Trump wanted her out
Summary: Jeffrey Epstein reportedly pitched a “breeding ranch” in New Mexico—twenty women at a time carrying his children—an idea multiple scientists said he floated in the early 2000s [1]. There’s no evidence it happened. He already had mansions, Little Saint James, and, later, Great Saint James to
Summary The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September, but meaningful relief won’t come in time. August produced just 22,000 jobs, unemployment rose to 4.3%, and structural layoffs are surging—tech alone cut 89,251 jobs, 36% more than last year. Small businesses report no credit
A note from Joe: You spoke. I listened. Shocking, I know. The poll results are in, and you've sentenced me to Tuesdays and Fridays. Maybe Sundays if the mood strikes or the world does something particularly stupid. Which, let's face it, happens most Sundays. A few
Summary for the time-constrained reader: Excuses don’t keep people alive. They just shorten the voting rolls. We’ve gone backward since free COVID shots and free test kits. Now you need a doctor’s visit, a bill, and often a fight you can’t afford. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A note from Joe: You spoke. I listened. Shocking, I know. The poll results are in, and you've sentenced me to Tuesdays and Fridays. Maybe Sundays if the mood strikes or the world does something particularly stupid. Which, let's face it, happens most Sundays. A few
The Regressive Lie Summary: The United States tax system is a con dressed up as progressivism. On paper, brackets climb to 37 percent. In practice, billionaires pay less than nurses. They don’t take wages, they borrow against assets, live tax-free, and pass fortunes untouched through the step-up basis. Payroll
Summary: Socrates distrusted writing because it froze ideas, allowing people to look wise without doing the work of thought. He believed truth came only through dialogue—messy, difficult, communal. Today, we live in the echo of his warning. Our dialectic is flattened into hashtags, clips, and algorithms that reward noise
Blind Ambition Elon Musk thinks he can teach a machine to see. Not just see—understand. Judge. Navigate. React. All using nothing but cameras. No lidar. No radar. Just a nervous system of cheap lenses and machine learning stitched together to form a pair of eyes smarter than yours. That&
Norms aren't laws. Laws aren't locks. Fear is the new currency. Summary: Trump didn't bend government—he broke it over his knee and rebuilt it as a weapon. Schedule F gutted civil service. Federal troops patrol American streets. Courts terrorized into compliance. Media outlets
Summary Trump’s tell isn’t subtle—it’s a foghorn. Whatever he accuses others of, he’s already done himself. Election fraud? He’s on the phone begging Georgia to “find” votes. Nepotism? He turned the White House into a family timeshare. Leakers? He’s calling reporters as his