The Cogitating Ceviché Week in Review
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📣 Publishing Update
Hi friends,
To make each post more meaningful and easier to enjoy, here’s our updated schedule:
* Mondays – No change: Calista Freiheit continues her cornerstone column.
* Wednesdays – Alternating features: Past Forward and Satirist Biography (or other as yet defined series).
* Fridays – In-depth, members-only content: essays, podcasts, or longform explorations.
* Sundays – Your Week in Review right here. This will include links to any exclusives from Vocal and Medium (or anywhere else)
We're also sharing work on:🖋️ Vocal | ✍️ Medium
🧭 Articles of the Week
June 16, 2025
The End of the Nuclear Family? Rebuilding Christian CommunityBy Calista F. FreiheitRead Here →Freiheit argues the traditional family model isn’t collapsing—it’s being absorbed by something weaker. She outlines a vision of ecclesial community strong enough to counter isolation and anchor Christian life beyond the four-person home.
June 17, 2025
Ibn Sina Reimagined: The Islamic Polymath Confronts Modern Medicine and PhilosophyBy Conrad T. HannonRead Here →What would Avicenna say about ChatGPT diagnosing your migraine? This Past Forward imagines the Persian thinker confronting a world where we cure illness without asking what it means to be well.
June 18, 2025
The MetamorphosisBy Gio MarronRead Here →Gregor Samsa wakes up as something else—but who hasn't? Marron frames Kafka’s horror story as an allegory for today’s workplace, where dehumanization is gradual and unpaid.
Bridled Nostalgia: On Hauling the Past Into the PresentBy Conrad T. HannonRead Here →This essay tackles the cultural habit of plundering the past for aesthetics but not ethics. Hannon argues nostalgia is less dangerous when it’s honest.
June 19, 2025
Civic Literacy Is the New CountercultureBy Conrad T. HannonRead Here →Click “Agree,” scroll down, and forget the fine print. What we’re trading away in our digital docility is a working knowledge of rights, responsibilities, and resistance.
June 20, 2025
Karl Friedrich Becker (1777–1806): History with a Satirical QuillBy Conrad T. HannonRead Here →Becker was a historian with a hidden smirk. This satirist biography traces how his schoolbooks smuggled criticism past the Prussian censors—through parables, pauses, and pedagogical sleight-of-hand.
June 21, 2025
Cry Me a Discourse: When Empathy Gets Fact-CheckedBy Conrad T. HannonRead Here →Are feelings arguments? This post explores how digital culture turned emotion into evidence—and how that transformation has made online empathy both weapon and liability.
The Question of LatinBy Gio MarronRead Here →In Maupassant’s story, a Latin lesson turns into a duel between tradition and pragmatism. Marron’s intro frames it as a timeless classroom skirmish that still echoes in modern debates on curriculum and culture.
🗣️ Thought-Provoking Questions
Calista’s Post
* What does a Christian community look like outside the nuclear family?
* Can kinship be more about covenant than blood?
Ibn Sina Reimagined
* Would today’s health systems accept spiritual dimensions of illness?
* Can metaphysics still matter in bioethics?
Kafka + Nostalgia
* What does your job turn you into?
* Do we want the past—or just its vibe?
Civic Literacy
* What rights have you scrolled past?
* Could basic civics become a subversive act?
Becker Biography
* Who’s educating with satire today?
* Can textbooks still be rebellious?
Discourse + Latin
* Is emotional argument valid?
* What dead languages still haunt live debates?
🧾 Quote of the Week
“You can’t build a future with borrowed pasts unless you also inherit the debts.”
🎯 Final Reflections & CTAs
Calista Freiheit: What’s one way your home could become more community than consumer hub?Conrad Hannon: Read a foundational text this week—and resist the urge to skim.Gio Marron: Let a story from another century ask you something uncomfortable.
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