- — Selected Writings
Essays
Clarity in a Noisy World
- — BEHIND THE WORDS
Writing from the
Places Life Takes Us
Baldric’s essays emerge from a life shaped by many landscapes—from urban planning and the rhythms of farm life to faith, literature, and the quiet discipline of observation.
These writings are an attempt to pause and pay attention: to the ordinary, the overlooked, and the moments that often pass without recognition. They explore the tension between the world we build and the world we inherit, between ambition and simplicity, and between searching for answers and learning to live with questions.
- — Most Recent Essay
Baldric's Day In High Court
What actually makes something beautiful? Step into an official transcript from the Heavenly Art Commission as celestial bureaucrats debate the aesthetic value of everyday creation—from winding ivy to rusted lawn tools. Wit meets divine critique in this clever exploration of what transforms ordinary chaos into true art.
- — THE ESSAYS
Substantive Writing
For Thoughtful Readers
01
Pope
Church Saved by AI
I am not an academic, so if you are expecting a high-minded, scholarly analysis, you will be sorely disappointed. Instead, I am going to focus on my reaction. I am a poet, after all, and poets are in the business of feeling. I am going to testing the words of the encyclical against the reality of my human experience as a knee-cracking Catholic.
02
Philosophy
The Suicide Brief: Remand Order 14(b) from St. Peter
This Brief is submitted in support of the threshold determination regarding the Soul of Applicant XXXXXXXXXXXX whose mortal tenure terminated via a definitive, self-inflicted act. Reason for the act is largely unknown other than a few checkmarks on the application with scant details regarding the basis for the final decision.
03
Activated Thinker
What the News Won’t Tell You About the Invasion of Venezuela.
But the capture of Nicolás Maduro is only the loudest version of a much deeper, quieter reality. It is just one skirmish in a more insidious war of conquest moving through the shadows of the global economy. Where Venezuela saw the surgical precision of Delta Force and the roar of 150 aircraft, these other nations face a conquest by contract.
04
Civil War
Minneapolis: A Smart Civil War
The whole world knows his name now. Mr. Pretti was shoved to the ground while helping a woman, who had also been shoved, back to her feet. ICE agents tackled him, held him down, and shot him ten times in the back. There was no riot. There was no rampaging mob. It was a brutal execution, caught on camera and broadcast to a horrified world.
05
Tech & Religion
Hot Pockets & Mind of God
Explores how our digital age is steeped in ancient alchemical and mystical traditions. This essay links 13th-century Franciscan thinkers like Ramon Llull and Roger Bacon, who laid the groundwork for modern logic systems and data gathering, to today’s programmers. It also compares early Franciscan history to the current debate over hyperscale AI data centers.
06
Politics
Don’t Shut Up — RESIST
Poor Tom Hanks! West Point Alumni gave him an award and then took it away because he leans toward the Democratic Party. It feels like we’re constantly hearing about someone getting publicly shunned, shamed or threatened by people on the other side of the political aisle.
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