The Capitulation of the Innocent: Presumption of Guilt in the Age of External Ethos

Does the Conduct of the Guilty Dictate our Rights? The essence of the “weapon of choice” argument is that, because criminals and madmen use these guns to commit crimes, the law- abiding must give them up. But to ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and […] Read more »

Worldly Ethos and the Reversal of the Burden of Proof

By seeking judgment from the world, you consent to its jurisdiction. Here’s how to withdraw that consent forever. *Note: It may be helpful to read my previous article first, Logos vs Worldly Ethos, Christ vs Anti-Christ, prior to reading this one, although it is not necessary. As rhetorical devices from Greek philosophy, ethos establishes credibility through authority and character, pathos persuades through emotional resonance, and logos convinces through an appeal to reason and objective truth. While a society […] Read more »

A Logocentric Philosophical Perspective on the 2020 Pandemic

Mandatory Submission: When Health Becomes the Ultimate Philosophical Fraud The recent era of biomedical statecraft revealed a deep philosophical and legal crisis that strikes at the foundations of Western liberty. At the heart of this collapse is a subtle but devastating inversion of the burden of proof, an epistemological error weaponized through the political application of germ theory. In any society governed by reason and natural law, a man is […] Read more »

Why False Accusations Are So Potent and Destructive

Question: It seems that there is a dynamic where false accusations generate some sense of imagined or real power over others, where they are acting as the judge, lawyer, and sentencing authority all in one. For example, to accuse a friend or relative of wrongdoing without evidence and then punishing them for it by blocking all further contact, or by turning friends and/or family against them with dramatic certainty, but […] Read more »