Patrick Anderson Jr.'s Blog, page 5

The Last Morning in Miami

Miami, 2027 An angry, orange morning light spilled over the city, flickering through blinds and shimmering off cracked pavement as Miami stirred on another Tuesday. Another rent cycle. Another paycheck, evaporating the moment it cleared. At a Denny’s off US-1, the TV near the hostess stand showed a news anchor smiling sweetly as she spoke: […]

The Last Morning in Miami

Miami, 2027 An angry, orange morning light spilled over the city, flickering through blinds and shimmering off cracked pavement as Miami stirred on another Tuesday. Another rent cycle. Another paycheck, evaporating the moment it cleared. At a Denny’s off US-1, the TV near the hostess stand showed a news anchor smiling sweetly as she spoke: […]

Newton’s Third Law: Why Progress in America Always Sparks Backlash

A look at why every step forward in U.S. progress sparks backlash, and how history, politics, and identity collide in a cycle of resistance.

Newton’s Third Law: Why Progress in America Always Sparks Backlash

A look at why every step forward in U.S. progress sparks backlash, and how history, politics, and identity collide in a cycle of resistance.

Let God Sort Em Out: Did I Love the New Clipse Album Because It’s Great, or Because I’m Old?

One of the best feelings in life, no matter how many decades you’ve been on this planet, is absently putting on a new album as background while you’re just like folding laundry or heading out for errands or something only to realize two, three tracks in that you’ve been standing still the entire time staring […]

Let God Sort Em Out: Did I Love the New Clipse Album Because It’s Great, or Because I’m Old?

One of the best feelings in life, no matter how many decades you’ve been on this planet, is absently putting on a new album as background while you’re just like folding laundry or heading out for errands or something only to realize two, three tracks in that you’ve been standing still the entire time staring […]

We’re Not Living in a Sci-Fi Movie: Why Real Science Takes Time

I was making coffee the other morning while listening to a physics podcast playing from my phone on the counter when the guest — a cosmologist and college professor — shared an anecdote that made me pause. During a lecture on exoplanets, one of her students asked — earnestly, the professor said — why us humans haven’t tried to contact the other intelligent […]

We’re Not Living in a Sci-Fi Movie: Why Real Science Takes Time

I was making coffee the other morning while listening to a physics podcast playing from my phone on the counter when the guest — a cosmologist and college professor — shared an anecdote that made me pause. During a lecture on exoplanets, one of her students asked — earnestly, the professor said — why us humans haven’t tried to contact the other intelligent […]

A Liberal Presidential (Dictator) Thought Experiment

“After all, he has a mandate dictated by the entire electorate…” Imagine a scenario with me, if you will. Ahem. A newly elected liberal President — riding a narrow victory in both the electoral and popular vote, thanks in no small part to a tidal wave of carefully curated “truths” flooding all social media feeds — steps onto the […]

Drift (Earth’s Microbes Find Europa)

What if Earth’s tiniest survivors escaped extinction and found a new world?