by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 18, 2025 | Journal
There he was—a preteen kid, hunched over a laptop in the middle of a family lunch, hammering away at a low-rent Mario knockoff like his life depended on it. He didn’t touch his food. Didn’t speak. Didn’t look up. When the battery finally gave out, his mother passed...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 17, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a dangerous echo rolling through the immigration debate again—and this time it’s dressed up like progress. President Donald Trump has floated a proposal that sounds suspiciously familiar: Allow undocumented immigrants to return to work only after they leave...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 16, 2025 | Journal
You know your empire is in trouble when your former warzone is offering to build your warships. At the 2025 Sea Air Space conference, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries offered to help the U.S. Navy catch up to China—by building Aegis-equipped destroyers for us....
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 16, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a line we used to believe no one would cross. A line etched in moral clarity: You don’t come for the children. But that line’s been blurred. And now, it’s being crossed—in broad daylight. Last week, agents presumed to be from Homeland Security walked into two...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 15, 2025 | Journal
I remember school lunches the way you remember your first heartbreak—with equal parts nostalgia and indigestion. Back in the day, our cafeteria cooks had access to five-pound blocks of government cheese that came in plain brown cartons—USDA surplus with a side of...
