Archive - Material Witness

Sardines on the Beach in Crucita

Crucita, Ecuador, October 2012. Reported during a five-week stay and first published in January 2013. I don't know whether the shacks are still there.

Sep 24 • Mark Blondin

Woman Brutalized by Barbary Ape

(Husband Watched)

Sep 18 • Mark Blondin

July 2026

A Fraud the Institutions Could Afford

How the language of liberation ended up in an HR binder — and why the left saw it coming first.

Jul 30 • Mark Blondin

Do I Really Want to Die Here?

Do I Really Want to Die Here?

Jul 24 • Mark Blondin

Once You See It

A pattern in five parts, from a Memphis balcony to a Walmart freezer aisle.

Jul 17 • Mark Blondin

Portugal Decriminalized Drugs, But I Can’t Buy a Gummy

Let’s get the headline out of the way.

Jul 10 • Mark Blondin

The Walk Has No Patent

Why American medicine recommends the cheap cure in a sentence and prescribes the expensive one in eight minutes — and what that tells you about who the…

Jul 7 • Mark Blondin

The Model That Journalism Built.

How the COVID consensus machine enshrined New Zealand's pandemic response, suppressed the dissent, and went quiet when the facts arrived.

Jul 1 • Mark Blondin

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