Writing

An argument that the descendants of American slavery should retire the open-ended fight for reparations in favor of two concrete, hard-to-deny remedies: tuition-free higher education and a time-limited income-tax exemption, each set to a fraction of the duration of slavery. Covers the precedent of paid reparations to other groups, the misdirection of DEI and welfare, the recent gutting of voting protections, a lineage-based eligibility design, and the case for institutional self-determination.

An evidence-based review of how blue eyes arose and spread across western Eurasia, covering the molecular genetics of OCA2 and HERC2, the single founder-mutation hypothesis, the dark-skinned Mesolithic hunter-gatherer La Braña 1, population history, and the unresolved selection debate. Argues that blue eyes were never, in their origin, a marker of whiteness.

3–4 page essay assessing the relationship between business success and character development.

Short essay detailing the pros and cons of allowing censorship.

Short essay detailing the relationship between traffic, public transport, and the stagnant job market of San Antonio.