Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

At 8 months pregnant, I found out my husband was cheating. My mom said I can’t leave him—that I needed to think about my child. So I stayed. The day I gave birth; I was in tears. My dad came to the hospital and said, “You will never cry again. Your new life begins today.”…

My boss would make me lie to his wife and say he’d be working late because of a project deadline. I was fed up with my job, and one day, I told her, “Just so you know… your husband is never here after 6 pm.” To my surprise, she started laughing. Then she said, “Oh,…

I lost my son in the mall when he was 7. I was crying, and a blonde woman came to comfort me. Hours later, he was found.10 years later, I was telling the story to a friend and mentioned the sweet stranger who helped me. My son suddenly turned pale. He looked at me and…

I’m a 72-year-old widow, and I’ve been saving up for years to go on a cruise trip with my sister. Recently, my 8-year-old grandson got gravely ill. The treatments are costly, and they want me to contribute my savings. I said, “Sorry, but I will not sacrifice my happiness. I’m old, and this might be…

CNN’s Jake Tapper noted the tense greeting between President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and their spouses at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, saying it was not “particularly warm.” President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden met Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Cameras inside the National Cathedral caught the moment. There didn’t seem…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a rare public critique of President-elect Donald Trump and other GOP lawmakers in an op-ed published in Foreign Affairs. McConnell pushed back against the growing embrace of what he sees as geopolitical isolationism within the party, specifically criticizing the incoming administration’s apparent foreign policy positions on Ukraine and…

When Vice President Harris sat down in front of Obama and Trump, they stopped talking for a moment, but they picked up right back up seconds later. Trump leaned in toward Obama, and Obama laughed a few times. While Obama and Trump talked, Melania Trump and Laura Bush, who used to be the first ladies,…

Fox News hosts could not contain their laughter when discussing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s farewell. During a segment on “Fox & Friends,” co-hosts Guy Benson, Rachel Campos-Duffy, and Charlie Hurt reflected on Jean-Pierre’s record and reacted to her recently posting a photo of the press team at the White House, which she claimed…

President-elect Donald Trump left a 100-minute meeting with Senate Republicans, touting what he called a “very strong” discussion of how to implement his agenda. After paying his respects to the late Jimmy Carter feet away at the U.S. Capitol, Trump spoke with reporters briefly about the meeting. Trump briefly took questions about the wildfires in…

Alyson, 34, began reflecting on her longtime friendship with Miranda, a bond she thought was unbreakable. “Miranda asked me to be a bridesmaid, but the demands she placed on me were overwhelming. She wanted me to change my whole look—dress a certain way, dye my hair, even cover my tattoos. I tried to compromise, but…