Jacob StutsmanReview of SapiensNote: This is a slightly updated version of a blog post originally written in 2017.Dec 16, 2023Dec 16, 2023
Jacob StutsmanLong COVID, Functional Disorders, and a Case of Bad ScienceThe scientific method is arguably humanity’s greatest achievement. Perhaps like democracy and the marketplace, it’s just another…Nov 24, 2023Nov 24, 2023
Jacob StutsmanNeoliberalism: Its Uses and AbusesNote: This is an updated and revised version of an earlier article published in 2017.Aug 12, 2023Aug 12, 2023
Jacob StutsmanA Fragile Union: The Political Weakness of Bismarck’s German EmpireNote: This article is taken from my college history paper.Jan 8, 2023Jan 8, 2023
Jacob StutsmanVictorious Defeat: John C. Fremont and the Election of 1856Note: This article was written as a finals paper for my history class.Oct 19, 2022Oct 19, 2022
Jacob StutsmanTwo Great Humanist Icons: Thomas Paine and Leonardo da VinciThomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence by Harlow Giles Unger, 2019 — When I read through the eloquent works of Thomas…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Jacob StutsmanBook Review: The Wright Brothers by David McCulloughThe Wright brothers’ lives evoke all the right clichés and platitudes of the amateur inventor. They had no formal scientific training or…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Jacob StutsmanThree Book Reviews: Prophet of Freedom, Wages of Destruction, and The Shadow EmperorFrederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight, 2018 — As I learned from this magnificent book, Frederick Douglass truly…Oct 15, 2020Oct 15, 2020
Jacob StutsmanBook Review: Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich“Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost…Aug 30, 2019Aug 30, 2019
Jacob StutsmanBook Review: The Shipwrecked Mind by Mark LillaWe are arguably living in an age of rising political reaction. Why then, asks Mark Lilla, is the reactionary mind so poorly understood…Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2019
