Letters to the Forgetful Republic

Letter IV: On Memorial Day and the Murder of Peacemakers

The death of a soldier is mourned by nations. The death of a peacemaker is mourned by silence.

May 26 •

Jay Sophalkalyan

Letter III: On Free Markets and Unfree Men

Trade divorced from virtue is but gilded bondage—prosperity bought at the soul’s expense.

May 5 •

Jay Sophalkalyan

Letter II: On Fidelity to the Forgotten Creed

Liberty, once severed from virtue and reason, is not liberty but license—an orphan child, raised by demagogues and devoured by mobs.

Apr 27 •

Jay Sophalkalyan

Letter I: On the Inconvenience of Memory

In an age of engineered forgetting, the written word must bear the burden of remembrance.

Apr 19 •

Jay Sophalkalyan

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