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A question for the American South (and all my beloved Catholics, too): what would Jesus redact?
Pam Bondi washed her hands and turned her back on survivors. Because in the voting booth, you turned your back on Christ.
Feb 14
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The political economy of not answering the question
On ethical deferral as practiced by humanities PhDs
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There are no dreams here
A witness account of a UFO and what followed
Feb 7
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Eyes in the Dark
A record of visitation after ruin
Feb 4
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Why, unfortunately, I can no longer read the New York Times
And why Joe Rogan is out of his depth in a way that concerns me
Feb 2
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Where No One Is Watching
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The Unmaking of the Reader, Part 2: Please Identify the Verb
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Breathe, Count, or Hug?
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Don’t Get Blown Up. It Sucks.
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The great moral sleepwalk: how Sam Harris, Ross Douthat, and Caitlin Flanagan lost the plot
I say this not in anger, but in disappointment
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What does non-speaking autism feel like?
A close approximation, just for people who honestly had no idea
Jan 30
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Occasionally I breathe
Short audio essays for people who still like sentences
Jan 29
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In North Dakota's man camps, Indigenous women disappear
And no one is watching
Jan 29
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Who is Iran?
How an ancient civilization became a modern flashpoint
Jan 28
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The lecture hall of dead-eyed undergraduates
What we owe the students, and the thinkers we teach
Jan 23
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NATO is not a charity
If we didn't have it, we'd have to invent it
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