Opinion / Op-EdCulture9 min read
A disputed sexual assault case raises broader questions about consent, intoxication, institutional accountability, and the normalization of sexual misconduct.
The Cornell 7 case is more than a dispute over what happened one night. It exposes uncomfortable questions about consent, power, and what happens when sexual misconduct becomes familiar enough to stop shocking us.
By Philip Brown · September 30, 2026
Opinion / Op-EdEconomy5 min read
Medieval Lords Controlled Land. Today's Platform Owners Control Digital Territory.
As digital platforms increasingly shape how Americans shop, work, communicate, and consume information, the balance of economic power is shifting in ways that deserve far more scrutiny. Yanis Varoufakis’s idea of technofeudalism offers a useful lens for understanding how a small number of tech giants may be concentrating wealth, controlling access, and reshaping the rules of modern economic life.
By Philip Brown · July 14, 2026
Opinion / Op-EdCivic Reform4 min read
North Carolina’s opioid crisis was not a natural epidemic. It was built by pharmaceutical companies that oversold pain medications in the late 1990s, and by a system that didn’t co
By Charles Oblinger · July 13, 2026