Op-Eds & Commentary

This page contains my published op-eds and commentary pieces. Unlike my academic work, op-eds are not peer-reviewed, they go through editorial review and are accepted or rejected at the outlet's discretion. I am not a staff writer or contributor for any outlet. Each piece is independently written, then submitted for consideration the same way a paper is submitted to a journal. What appears here survived that process. The point of an op-ed is to get a point across without six months of peer review and 30+ citations. Op-eds aren't perfect, they're not supposed to be. But my writing is grounded in logic and scientific data. I do my best to write arguments that can stand on their own.

Weapons That Target the Mind

RealClearDefense — March 2026

The science of non-invasive electromagnetic neural stimulation is no longer theoretical. Peer-reviewed research from MIT published in Cell demonstrated in 2017 that specific deep brain regions can be targeted without surgery, implants, or physical contact. Havana Syndrome gave this a public face but the underlying physics has been in the open literature for decades.

This is not a conspiracy piece. Every claim is sourced to peer-reviewed science or government documentation. The argument is narrow. The technology exists, governments have known about it, and no legal framework currently addresses it. The goal is not to alarm but to identify a gap that exists whether or not anyone is comfortable discussing it.