This automation of human work poses a real existential crisis. Giving up these wonderful ritualistic habits that translate to being able to eat that day, or being with our loved ones, has lead us nowhere but isolated and dependent.
Has Automation Stolen What It Means to Be Human? Continue Reading
Academics refer to this period as the “reading revolution.” Reading was as much an indulgence as carnivals and music halls. And this habit lasted, in one form or another, until recently when reading for enjoyment started to tank.
The Death of Reading Continue Reading
John Adams stated that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Are we modern Americans composed of the stuff needed to save our Republic?
The Declaration of Independence at 250: What Does It Tell Us? Continue Reading
America was founded on a set of beliefs and convictions—what Thomas Jefferson described as self-evident truths that were proclaimed in the 1776 Declaration of Independence and then protected by the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
The Army ROTC Taught Me to Never Call Independence Day ‘The 4th of July’ Continue Reading
Third spaces offer something many of us are now missing: identity flexibility. They are places where we are not reduced to our roles. We are simply human among other humans. Without that middle space, identity collapses inward.
Reclaiming the Third Space Continue Reading
I doubt if Democrats have the self-awareness to realize that the young men about whom they evince concern have been alienated by the identity politics with which liberals have beaten them senseless for decades. Democrats need to put down this club.
Do Democrats Know What a Man Is? Continue Reading
Every important discovery starts with uncertainty. Uncertainty is not always comfortable, but it is often where truth begins. Maybe the best gift we can give future generations is not a set of answers, but the freedom and courage to keep asking questions.
The Courage to Remain Uncertain Continue Reading
Illness is made to be seen. Death, made for ritualised appearance. By looking for them, we do not destroy them. Let us train our eyes on illness. Determine that when it comes it is a fall.
Forget About ‘Healthy Life’ Continue Reading
We don’t get to choose all of the shadows that enter our lives. We can spend the rest of our lives staring at the darkness, or we can use it to give the picture depth. That feels like awakening to me.
What Forgiveness Is Not Continue Reading
Perhaps there are other explanations. But from those I’ve listed, I hope the thing is a hoax. Because any of the other explanations reveal what kind of country we have become: censored and self-centered. And these poor bridesmaids are left to themselves.
Jailed for Hantavirus Exposure Continue Reading
In the normal, sane world of my childhood, this wouldn’t have been extraordinary. But this was November, 2022, and the world was just beginning to recover from the insanity of the Covid-19 response.
Education Shrinkflation Continue Reading
While each of us are free to live by our own privately held theories regarding the actions taken by, or in the name of, Collective X or Collective Y, it is never right for the government to do so.
The Demonization of Men (and Everyone Else Too) Continue Reading
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