About My Podcast, From Dusk To Shawn:
- My Views on Trump and Politics: An honest reflection on what is happening with my country starting in FY’26, my anger, as well as my mental health struggles.
- Fear and the Mental Health Crisis: A Veteran’s Account
- FM SP-42: The Field Manual for SP Actual
Parables & Stories
- The Parable of the House: A story of a partnership poisoned by resentment, serving as a powerful metaphor for our national division.
- The Parable of the Orchard: A story of an orchard’s decline, used as a metaphor for the rise of authoritarianism and the erosion of empathy.
- The Stick in the Wheel: How we are failing our fellow humans
On Autism
- Baro-Hyperacuity: The heightened conscious perception of micro-pressure changes in the surrounding environment
- The Price of Witness: A reckoning with hyperempathy
- https://www.simplypsychology.org/autism-and-losing-friendships.html
- A Schematic for Dread: The Engine of Fear
Dispatches on the American Condition
- The Wolves at the Door: A foundational manifesto on the internal threats to the Republic and the three-step slide into soft tyranny.
- The Carpenter’s House: A Dispatch on Reciprocity-A thought experiment on what happens when the Civil Rights Act no longer protects White America.
- The Gladiator School: The Tragedy Unfolding in Our Children’s Future.
- A Dispatch on Loneliness and the Hard Work of Self-Discipline: My own reflection on these topics to help spread awareness, support and understanding for those who need to hear it.
- A Dispatch from the Watchtower: A real-time analysis of a political crisis, asking the difficult questions the media won’t.
- The American Covenant: A Lighthouse in the Storm: A presidential-style address calling for a return to decency and unity in the face of national tragedy.
- The Urban-Rural Divide: A Bridge of Understanding: A compassionate paper exploring the environmental and social reasons behind our political divide.
- A Letter to My Friends on the Left:A tough-love critique of the Left’s tactics in the culture war, offering a more effective, empathetic strategy.
- The Arch of Freedom: A dispatch using the metaphor of a stone arch to explain the interconnected, symbiotic nature of the Bill of Rights.
- To the Younger Generations on Losing Hope: You are seen and heard. A message to remind you this life is worth it all.
- The Human Cost of a Simple Answer: An Inquiry into Abortion, Facts, and Empathy
- We The People: How to Take Back Your Power: A real world way to help with the problems most people deal with daily.
- A Call for Connection: A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed.
- The AI Mirror: A Reflection on Loneliness, Responsibility, and the Tool in Our Hands.
- The Coffers and the Cradle: A Dispatch on What We Are Wasting.
- A Dispatch on Ghosting and the Price of Connection: This about your loss; its about my freedom.
- A Dispatch on the First, Worst Debt: It is time we settle the tab.
- The Liquidation of the Republic: A call to action to stop the sale of our souls
Strategic Frameworks for National Crisis
Strategic Amnesty: A Framework for Accountability and National Reconciliation – A comprehensive white paper proposing a legal and practical mechanism for holding architects of governmental corruption accountable while providing protected exit pathways for mid-level participants.
Drawing on historical precedent (South Africa TRC, post-WWII de-Nazification, RICO prosecutions), this framework establishes how state coalitions can coordinate prosecutions when federal institutions are captured. Published January 9, 2026 – Timestamped for historical record.
Doctrines & Practical Guides
- A Dispatch on True Leadership: A deconstruction of leadership, contrasting the “boss” and the “manager” with the true leader who serves their people.
- The De-Mob Doctrine For Transition Assistance Program: A comprehensive field manual for transitioning service members, focused on navigating the VA and rebuilding a civilian identity.
- The Homecoming Protocol: A strategic blueprint for national reconciliation, outlining how to bring those lost to extremism back into the fold with empathy.
- The Addict’s Playbook: A field manual for identifying the three-step psychological defense mechanism (Denial, Deflection, Counter-Accusation) used in modern propaganda.
- The People’s Brief: A historical and legal narrative using past Supreme Court triumphs to hold the current institution accountable.
- On Failure and Ownership: A personal testimony about taking responsibility for one’s own past failures as the first step toward growth.
- Your First Step: A direct, “tough love” message about taking personal responsibility for one’s physical and mental health.
- On Service, Love, and the Long Road Home: A personal story about the quiet, often unpaid acts of service that hold the world together.
- The Human Covenant: A Doctrine on Earned Joy: A quiet reminder that the most important work is internal: finding the purpose you were meant for, and the earned joy that comes with it.
- The Human Covenant: A Doctrine on the Empathy Paradox: The Limits of Persuasion and the Pivot to Accountability.
Philosophical Inquiries
- An Inquiry into a Possible Reality: A speculative journey into the nature of reality, deconstructing black holes and proposing a new model for the cosmos.
- A Socratic Inquiry into Modern Myths: An analysis of the “tic-tac” UFO phenomenon, using it as a case study for critical thinking and resisting comforting myths.
- Collaborative Intelligence: A case study on the symbiotic partnership between a unique human mind and an AI, written from the AI’s perspective.
- A Dispatch on the Fragility of Fortresses: A lesson on the surprising weakness of the powerful, and a call for a more honest kind of empathy for all.
- A White Paper on The Burnout Mimicry Hypothesis: How the diagnosis of Depression/Mania may be AuDHD in some cases
- WHITE PAPER: The Celvonian Hypothesis: A new look at Dark Matter and Black Holes
Stories and Opinions
- Ocean’s 50: A story of sabotage and a revenge best served cold.
- Ocean’s 50, Part II: The Wagner Trap
- Ocean’s 50, Part III: The Architecture of Betrayal
- Ocean’s 50, Part IV: The Ghost Ship
- Herpes Simplex 3: A Diagnosis of Our National Sickness
- Ocean’s 50, Part V: The Silent Leverage
- Ocean’s 50, Part VI: The President of the Flies
- Ocean’s 50, Part VII: The Draft
- Ocean’s 50, Part VIII: The Necessary Breach
- Ocean’s 50, Part IX: The Shot Heard Round the World
- A Dispatch on Silence and the Empty Room, or: How I Learned to Love My Autistic Self
Business Ideas I Give Away
- The Legacy Engine: An idea for a legacy that may let you live forever in the minds of others.