The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review
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From biblical giants to distant galaxies, this week’s contributions traverse ground both sacred and speculative. Our authors confront systems—biological, governmental, narrative—that shape belief and action. Whether unearthing mysteries in New Orleans or parsing executive overreach, these ten selections remind us that truth-seeking is rarely passive, often lonely, and always worth the cost.
📰 This Week’s Features
David and Goliath: Fear, Faith, and the Strength to Stand Alone
Freiheit draws from Scripture to examine the moral isolation that often accompanies courage. With cultural compromise masquerading as peace, she reclaims defiance as a spiritual duty.📅 June 23 • Calista F. Freiheitthecogitatingceviche.substack.com
Tattoos for Tots: A Revolutionary Approach to Youth Expression and Educational Innovation
Hannon offers a jarring but incisive look at identity formation in children. Ink is less the point than autonomy: who owns the child’s future—the system or the self?📅 June 24 • Conrad T. Hannonvocal.media
Presidential Authority vs. Congressional Control: A Constitutional Analysis
The republic’s tug-of-war gets a fresh parsing. Hannon turns the spotlight on power dynamics shaped less by text than by temperament—and warns what happens when ambition outweighs architecture.📅 June 24 • Conrad T. Hannonmedium.com
A Son of the Gods (by Ambrose Bierce)
Marron reintroduces Bierce’s battlefield mysticism in this eerie tale of sacrifice and spectral awe. The past doesn’t just echo—it haunts, questions, and bleeds.📅 June 25 • Curated by Gio Marrongiomarron.substack.com
Joseph Lister: Antiseptic Pioneer in the Age of Superbugs and AI Surgery
History meets hygiene in Hannon’s profile of Joseph Lister, whose antiseptic breakthroughs hold new urgency in today’s biotech battlegrounds.📅 June 25 • Conrad T. Hannonthecogitatingceviche.substack.com
The Challenge of Distance: Estimating the Proximity of Intelligent Life in the Milky Way
Cosmic speculation becomes civic mirror. As Hannon outlines mathematical models for alien life, we’re left to ask if the real distance is our own incapacity to imagine others.📅 June 25 • Conrad T. Hannonmedium.com
A Matter of Business: A Mimi Delboise Vignette
Short, sharp, and moody, Marron’s latest Mimi Delboise tale hints at larger corruption through a single suspicious deal. Noir doesn’t shout—it suggests.📅 June 26 • Gio Marronmedium.com
The Casket on Canal Street – Part 1: The Empty Casket
A vanished corpse and an evasive widow pull Delboise into a tale as murky as the Mississippi. Marron renders New Orleans with layered melancholy.📅 June 23 • Gio Marronvocal.media
The Casket on Canal Street – Part 2: A Widow’s Story
A second installment raises stakes and suspicion. Marron uses character dialogue as scalpel—cutting into grief, deception, and the politics of mourning.📅 June 26 • Gio Marronvocal.media
Once Upon a Crime Scene: Fairy Tales for the Morally Ambiguous
Hannon recasts fairy tales as case files—where justice is murky, and wolves wear charm. A timely reminder that folklore is often forensic in disguise.📅 June 27 • Conrad T. Hannonthecogitatingceviche.substack.com
❓ Thought-Provoking Questions
David and GoliathWhat does moral courage look like when consensus is corrupt?Can faith communities still model principled resistance?
Tattoos for TotsWho decides what identity is safe for children?Is institutional control masking cultural fragility?
Joseph ListerWhat does cleanliness mean in a post-biotic age?Is technological medicine losing its ethical center?
Casket on Canal StreetWhat secrets do rituals try to bury?Can grief ever be disentangled from performance?
Once Upon a Crime SceneIs innocence a narrative—or a verdict?What do reimagined fables reveal about our justice system?
📚 Additional Resources
The Abolition of Man by C.S. LewisThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas KuhnInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Idea of a Christian Society by T.S. EliotFairy Tales and the Art of Subversion by Jack Zipes
🔍 Final Reflections
This week’s collection reminds us that distance—whether between people, powers, or planets—is rarely accidental. These stories ask us to step closer: to consequence, to conscience, to questions no algorithm can answer. We are not merely reading—we are reckoning.
📣 Authors' Calls to Action
Calista F. Freiheit: Invite someone to study the story of David this week. Don’t flinch from giants.Conrad T. Hannon: Reread a childhood tale and ask what justice it assumes.Gio Marron: Walk your city and imagine which building hides the next clue.
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Thank you for your time today. Until next time, stay gruntled, curious, and God Bless.
