Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Ben arrived at the hospital to bring home his wife Suzie and their newborn twins, only to find Suzie gone and a note: “Goodbye. Take care of them. Ask your mother WHY she did this to me.”

When my teenage daughter, Rachel, saved every penny she could to buy her dream sewing machine, she didn’t expect her stepmother, Karen, to destroy it out of sheer spite. But when Karen crossed the line, I knew I couldn’t let her get away with it. What followed was a lesson in empathy Karen would never…

Four years ago, Cole Prochaska weighed over 585 pounds — the highest his scale could measure. Now 41, after trading a 5,000-calorie daily diet for daily walks, he’s lost about 360 pounds and transformed his life. Cole’s struggle with weight began in childhood. His overeating habits included several bags of chips and a 12-pack of…

President Donald Trump and Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson are facing a possible mutiny in their ranks. Some blue state Republicans are set to block the reconciliation bill unless they get relief for their constituents on state and local taxes (SALT), PJ Media reported. The report said that GOP lawmakers from Democrat-dominated states…

A top doctor to Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump told the Washington Free Beacon that the prognosis for former President Joe Biden’s metastatic prostate cancer is bleak—and that the former commander in chief might die within a year. Biden’s personal office shocked the world on Sunday by revealing that what had been termed as…

Trump 2024 national press secretary Karoline Leavitt says First Lady Jill Biden should be held accountable for “elder abuse” with her husband, arguing that many can see President Joe Biden’s noticeable decline in mental acuity. Many people are worried about Biden’s ability to be commander-in-chief after the presidential debate in June, which many people thought…

On Thursday, House Republicans twice blocked the release of a potentially damaging report from the House Committee on Ethics regarding former Rep. Matt Gaetz, effectively burying allegations of sexual misconduct and drug abuse that had partially derailed his attempt to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. In quick succession, the House voted along…

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” may already be on life support in the Republican-controlled Senate, and that’s only if it makes it out of the House, which has an even slimmer GOP majority. CNN reporter Manu Raju tweeted Monday that the bill already faces opposition from two Republican senators—Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who voiced concerns…

I worried when my spirited son Kyle started coming home later each day with vague excuses. When I checked up on him, I was shocked to see Kyle getting picked up by a convoy of black SUVs. I followed them to an imposing mansion, where I uncovered a shattering truth. I knew something was wrong.…

When Amelia’s father gave her a soap bar and told her to take cold showers with it, she never thought he had an evil, hidden agenda behind it. Her world turned upside down when her boyfriend told her the horrifying truth about that soap. I’ve always been Daddy’s little girl, but now I feel like…