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Shallow and Hollow: Media’s Romance Problem

Deep down, humans not only want but also require enduring, stable relationships.
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When Minors View Violence Online

When will we confront the reality that terrible things can be etched into our memories in milliseconds?
September 25, 2025

Midwest Roots, American Aspirations: Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

I pray Charlie’s old neighbors will keep the flags flying, the campus debates respectful, and their doors open to all visitors.
September 23, 2025

Writing Is for Humans

They accepted that the law of human judgment was Mercy—after all, that was the law of divine judgment.
September 22, 2025

How to Bite the Machine that Feeds You: Kingsnorth’s Options for Resistance

One must think seriously about where to draw lines in the sand
September 19, 2025

Children Shouldn’t Be Free Marketing Fodder

Shouldn’t we begin putting restrictions on how often and for what purposes minors’ images appear online?
September 18, 2025

The Last Lesson of Charlie Kirk

Kirk started as a kind of ultra-MAGA influencer. Over time, however, he was becoming a serious man—one with a popular following, especially among the young.
September 15, 2025

The Word and the Machine: On Paul Kingsnorth

I wanted living color, an axe to break the frozen sea.
September 12, 2025

When the Internet Was a Place

Not too long ago, the internet was a place you visited. The family desktop sat in its designated closet or back office. In schools, there were rooms filled with computers blinking in…
September 10, 2025

The Wars of Alex Garland

With "Civil War" and now "Warfare," the writer-director has made two consecutive movies about the “what” of armed conflicts rather than the “why”
September 8, 2025

When Humans Prefer a Machine: Warnings from a 1960s Chatbot Creator

Chatbots aren’t new. Joseph Weizenbaum created one in 1966. And what happened next led him to become a vocal critic of his own creation. What did he see that we need to…
September 3, 2025

My Encounters with Dr. Dobson: His Unremarked Upon Strengths and Fatal Weakness

Dobson knew his influence was on one side of the political divide and kept his focus and advocacy there. Political loyalties came first.
August 27, 2025
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