How every case gets examined

Each case begins with the full statement and the material around it. We trace the original context, mark what the excerpt leaves out, and test whether the comparison actually holds.

Every analysis starts from primary material: the complete speech, article, transcript, or dataset in which a statement or comparison first appeared. We record the source, its date, and its intended audience before reading any excerpt that circulated later.

Next, we map the surrounding passage. We identify the question being answered, the claims that precede and follow the quoted line, and any qualifiers that were dropped. A comparison is examined the same way: we check whether the two things share the features the argument depends on.

Discussion stays tied to evidence. Each claim in a case is linked to a document, recording, or verifiable source. Where those sources are missing, incomplete, or contradictory, the article says so plainly rather than filling the gap with inference presented as fact.

A case analysis is published only when it meets each of the following criteria.

The full source is located and the surrounding passage is quoted accurately.

Every omission or reframing is identified and explained, not merely asserted.

Any analogy is tested against the features it depends on, and mismatches are stated.

Unresolved questions are marked as unresolved, with the evidence that is still missing.