Jacob StutsmanReview of SapiensNote: This is a slightly updated version of a blog post originally written in 2017.4 min read·Dec 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…20 min read·Nov 24, 2023----
Jacob StutsmanNeoliberalism: Its Uses and AbusesNote: This is an updated and revised version of an earlier article published in 2017.12 min read·Aug 12, 2023----
Jacob StutsmanA Fragile Union: The Political Weakness of Bismarck’s German EmpireNote: This article is taken from my college history paper.8 min read·Jan 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.11 min read·Oct 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…6 min read·Dec 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…7 min read·Oct 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…8 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Aug 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…8 min read·Jul 31, 2019----