Art and the Homeless

I. The State as the Primary Market Participant and Allocator of Wealth Thesis: The Chinese Economy of Control and Compromise is "Advanced Capitalism" The Chinese economic system operates on a logic of state-directed stability, where the government acts not merely as a referee, but as the primary market participant. As evidenced by the July 20, 2026, market crash, the system relies on reactive intervention to maintain confidence. Mechanism: When investor hesitation threatens the "social stability" of the market, the Central Committee deploys the "National Team" (e.g., China Reform Holdings, China Chengtong) to make seed purchases. In the recent crisis, these entities injected 60 billion yuan to arrest a 10 trillion yuan sell-off. Philosophy: This is a form of social-democratic allocation. The state, representing the collective citizenry in a one-party system, signals that "if it is good for the government, it is good for the investor." This create...

Topic: How the Wisconsin "Freakout" Confirms the End of Democratic Unity The sudden withdrawal of Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez in Wisconsin was not an isolated incident of campaign mismanagement. It was the detonation of a long-simmering powder keg. When combined with the recent ouster of Platner and the earlier seismic shifts in New York City triggered by Mamdani, a clear, undeniable pattern emerges: the Democratic Party is no longer just "struggling" with internal disagreements. It is undergoing a formal, structural schism that the establishment can no longer "paper over" with donor pressure, or media spin. The Pattern: From NYC to WI to the Midwest, the trajectory of this split has been methodical and escalating. The shock was New York City. The "Mamdani effect" marked the first major breach. Here, the establishment’s attempt to suppress a progressive challenger failed, signaling that the "electability" argument was losing its ...

A Moot Court Response to the Hawaii Supreme Court’s "Independent" Outburst Jonathan Turley’s recent criticism of the Hawaii Supreme Court hits on a tension that has long simmered beneath the surface of American jurisprudence: the collision between judicial restraint and judicial activism. In his July 18, 2026, blog post, “No Mahalo for You,” J. Turley dissects the Hawaii Supreme Court’s unanimous but rhetorically unhinged decision in State v. Granillo, where Justice Todd W. Eddins labeled the U.S. Supreme Court “de facto racists” and “hubristic originalists.” As a former participant in the comment sections of his blog, Res Ipsa Loquitur, I attempted to engage in the kind of moot court debate he so skillfully stages. But as the discourse went off the rails, the comment forum felt less like a seminar and more like a shouting match. Therefore, I am moving my reading of his arguments to this space to offer a more structured, original restatement of the argument, treating the rece...

If a man discovers his wife involved in sexual relations "in flagrante" is it grounds for justifiable homicide? In the Philippines, catching a spouse in adultery in flagrante delicto is not grounds for justifiable homicide (which would result in complete exemption from criminal liability), but rather qualifies as exceptional circumstances under Article 247 of the Revised Penal Code.  Legal Classification: The act is considered felonious (a crime), but the law grants a privilege that reduces the penalty from murder or homicide to destierro (banishment).  Requisites: To invoke this provision, the husband must surprise his wife in the act of sexual intercourse with another person and kill them in the act or immediately thereafter.  Rationale: The law acknowledges the vindication of a man’s honor and the enormous provocation, but requires the act to be driven by an impulse of passion rather than revenge or premeditation.  Distinction: If the killing occurs after a signif...

Writer Harlan Ellison’s 1967 short story cyberfiction masterpiece, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,” remains a harrowing touchstone of science fiction, not merely for its depiction of a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare, but for its prescient exploration of artificial intelligence run amok. Written during the height of Cold War paranoia, the story transcends its original context to become a chilling prophecy for the modern era, where the specter of autonomous AI has shifted from theoretical fiction to a tangible global concern. The narrative’s central antagonist, AM, is not a distant alien or a foreign army, but a creation of humanity itself, born from our own capacity for getting trapped in an endless program loop. The nature of this digital beast is best understood through the evolution of its own identity, a progression that mirrors the rapid ascent of machine intelligence from tool to entity: ["What does AM mean?" Gorrister answered him. We had done this sequence a...

Jonathan Turley has pinpointed a critical tension in modern digital journalism: the collision between the immediacy of social media and the enduring standards of academic and editorial integrity. What’s unfolding here isn’t just a broken link—it’s a case study in how the ephemeral nature of platforms like Bluesky can undermine the very arguments they’re meant to support. John Pfaff’s deletion of his post may well reflect personal growth or a recognition that his language crossed a line. That’s commendable. But when a blog like J. Turley’s builds a critique by linking to a dead link as proof of bad intent, without a screen capture of the original, it creates a gap between the argument and its evidence. The reader is left in the dark, unable to judge whether J. Turley’s characterization of Pfaff as another instance of the age of rage is self-affirming, or if it is an example of the volatility of his own online discourse. Without access to the primary source, the critique risks appearing ...