Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

He deserved to be honored, not abandoned. My 74-year-old grandfather, who had just retired after 52 years as a machinist, stood alone at a hotel checkout counter holding a $12,000 bill he never agreed to. He thought the family trip was a gift. They thought he’d stay quiet. They didn’t count on me. The air…

A shocking story of betrayal, deception, and revenge. A woman, pregnant with twins, is offered an unimaginable deal, only to outsmart her cheating husband and his mistress in the most powerful way. I was heavily pregnant with twins when my world fell apart. I was folding tiny onesies, imagining baby names, when my phone buzzed.…

Former President Joe Biden was taken to the hospital for evaluation after doctors discovered something on his prostate that they did not like during an exam. “In a routine physical exam, a small nodule was found in the prostate, which necessitated further evaluation,” a spokesperson for the former president said,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed CNN for an interview with a Mexican drug gang member that she described as a “softball” interview. Over the weekend, CNN International Correspondent Isobel Yeung conducted an in-depth story on the brutality and consequences of the drug trade in Mexico, which featured an interview with a masked Sinaloa…

FBI Director Kash Patel noted in a social media post on Thursday that federal agencies were looking into a since-deleted tweet from former Director James Comey that many took as a threat against President Donald Trump’s life. “We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President…

I stopped by McDonald’s for a quick meal and overheard a mom talking to her little girl. The girl softly asked, “Can we eat here, please?” They bought one hamburger and sat at the table next to mine. Then, the mom took a thermos out of her bag and poured her daughter what looked like…

I don’t know if he did it on purpose, but it sure felt intentional. We were out in Bar Harbor with my parents for the weekend. They’ve always been… polite to Dariel. Never outright rude, but you can feel that weird tension sometimes. My dad tries too hard, over-laughs at his jokes. My mom avoids…

It was just after snack time, and I was washing out some paint cups when I noticed the room had gone oddly quiet. Too quiet for a group of 4- and 5-year-olds who usually treated volume like a sport. I turned the corner into the play area and stopped in my tracks. Four of them—Niko,…

Tiffany Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, has given birth to her first child, a son named Alexander Trump Boulos, with husband Michael Boulos, a Lebanese-American business executive. Tiffany announced the news on Instagram with a photo of the baby’s feet and the caption: “Welcome to the world our sweet baby boy… 5.15.2025.” This…

Today was the first day. I stood there in a crisp new uniform, still stiff and unfamiliar, trying to appear confident while my stomach churned. The academy courtyard buzzed with nervous energy. None of us knew each other, yet all of us wore the same mask—trying to hide the weight of uncertainty pressing on our…