Jose Franco's Medium Articles

Essays, confessions, and arguments for readers willing to slow down, confront contradiction, and sit with harder truths.

Why My Words Don't Scale Like Fear Does

October 10, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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a reflection on why fear spreads faster than introspection, and why self-confrontation remains a harder but more honest path.

Opinion: To See Clearly, We Must Admit Our Blind Spots

October 6, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
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a concise entry point into the idea: that moral, economic, political, and personal blind spots often hide inside good intentions.

This Is the 1,500-Word Op-Ed No One Will Click On (Because Wheatgrass Never Beats Ice Cream)

September 16, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
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an honest meditation on spectacle versus substance, and why slower, less visible work still matters in a reaction-driven world.

From Plato to Trump: The Blind Spots of Philosopher-Kings in American Politics

September 5, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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a philosophical-political essay connecting Plato, media incentives, and modern American politics through the lens of contradiction and illusion.

Sixty Guilders And A Megaphone: How America Still Rewards The Loudest Over The Wisest

August 16, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
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a short reflection on fairness, privilege, and the stories people inherit about how the world is supposed to work.

Not Everyone From The Bronx Becomes AOC - and that's a good thing

August 7, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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a Bronx-rooted reflection on character, identity, and why quieter forms of change can matter as much as louder political expression.

Democracy's Dirty Secret: The Lie Both Parties Need to Tell

August 3, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
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a political reflection on why democracy resists simple fairness, and why both parties avoid truths that complicate easy slogans.

Why I Keep Writing Even When I'm Misunderstood: A Letter to the NY Times & Washington Post

July 13, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
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a personal letter about media, misunderstanding, and why you keep writing even when your meaning is often flattened or missed.

John Mccain's Ghost and My Campaign for Nothing

June 30, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
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a surreal political memory piece about sincerity, symbolism, and whether honest participation in politics is still possible.

Notes from a Man Who Might Have Just Needed Therapy

May 18, 2025 • Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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a personal confession about uncertainty, ego, performance, and the uneasy work of speaking plainly in a world built on masks.