InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Aug 31Stannis Baratheon: The Cost of CertaintySpoiler Warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones, including key character arcs and events from the later seasons.A response icon1A response icon1
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Jul 4The Ladder and the Fence: Parasite, Joker, and Two Models of PovertyIntroduction
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·May 1The Dark Knight: When Systems Cannot RespondSpoiler warning: This essay contains major spoilers from The Dark Knight (2008), including key character arcs and events from the movie.
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Apr 2Fight as Bruce Wayne, Not as Batman: Why Bane Could Have Been StoppedSpoiler warning: This essay contains major spoilers from The Dark Knight Rises (2012), including key character arcs and events from the…
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Feb 14Reasoning in a Foreign Key: An International Student’s LSAT ReflectionI did not approach the LSAT with romantic expectations. From the beginning, it felt less like a test of intelligence and more like a…
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Feb 12Tyrion Lannister: the Limits of ClevernessSpoiler warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones, including key character arcs and events from the later seasons.
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Jan 22Littlefinger: The Limits of “Blind” Political RealismSpoiler warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones, including key character arcs and events from the later seasons.
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Jan 19Daenerys Targaryen: Inevitable TyrantSpoiler warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones, including key character arcs and events from the later seasons.
InILLUMINATIONbyKen Nam·Jan 10Theon Greyjoy: Positioning as strategySpoiler Warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones.
Ken Nam·Dec 21, 2025Davos Seaworth: Integrity as strategySpoiler Warning: This essay contains major spoilers from Game of Thrones, including key character arcs and events from the later seasons.
