The Metaphor

A New Wild West in the Middle

The cardinal shift of the true frontier.

May 2 • James Taylor Foreman

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April 2026

This Is Not the Dunning–Kruger Effect

But an artifact of the war on intuition.

Apr 25 • James Taylor Foreman

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Cortisol Is a Bad Metaphor for Stress

A better, ecological metaphor.

Apr 18 • James Taylor Foreman

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Covert Materialism

Against re-enchantment minimalism.

Apr 11 • James Taylor Foreman

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The Origins and History of American Gods

A noble birth of hyper-salient tripe.

Apr 4 • James Taylor Foreman

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March 2026

Looksmaxxing Ourselves to Death

Incels and Instagram Face.

Mar 28 • James Taylor Foreman

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There Is a House in New Orleans

The emergent origins of a folk song.

Mar 21 • James Taylor Foreman

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Choosing Penelope

On Marriage

Mar 14 • James Taylor Foreman

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Marty Supreme & the End of the World War II Consensus

To be one of the greats.

Mar 7 • James Taylor Foreman

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February 2026

What Even Writing Is

To a culture losing the identity of a writer.

Feb 28 • James Taylor Foreman

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Existential Dread as Orienting Principle

Beyond a naïve battle between good and evil.

Feb 21 • James Taylor Foreman

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The Metaphysics of Upgrading to Paid

A philosophy of sales.

Feb 14 • James Taylor Foreman

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