Items related to culture
Feb 8, 2026
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10 min read
Violence is a policy, not a destiny
Feb 1, 2026
12 min read
The cost of pretending that other working-class folks are the problem.
Jan 25, 2026
To recover shame, America may first have to admit its president is the joke.
Jan 18, 2026
9 min read
A wounded democracy has to decide whether to heal itself with shared goals or keep chasing after the loudest mouth
Jan 4, 2026
11 min read
What George Washington knew, Trump Never Understood, and What We Can't Forget
Dec 21, 2025
8 min read
On boredom, friction, and the accidental adventures that build resilience
Nov 30, 2025
Going to the Movies Is A Social Glue, Not A Meme
Nov 23, 2025
How We Mistook Billionaires for Progress and Wealth as Success
Nov 16, 2025
The Promise and Peril of Getting Old in a Changing Nation
Nov 9, 2025
Protecting Human Value in a World Run By Machines
Nov 2, 2025
Defending free speech in the era of a nationalist administration.
Oct 26, 2025
Today's Leaders Are Modeling Wealth At Any Cost
Oct 19, 2025
A lost opportunity in a befuddling self-congratulatory speech.
Oct 12, 2025
Thinking and Acting to Avoid Big Beautiful BS
Oct 5, 2025
Building and keeping great things takes vision and shared responsibility.
Sep 28, 2025
We must avoid being super joiners and group thinkers.
Sep 14, 2025
14 min read
It's not just a free market that keeps us free.
Sep 7, 2025
Systems of belief have been used - and misused - for power and personal gain from the very beginning.
Aug 31, 2025
Current rollbacks will make us poorer, unhealthy, less secure, and angrier. That's the real goal.
Aug 24, 2025
We Have Greatly Undervalued Medical Marijuana, Chiropractic, and Massage Therapy
Aug 17, 2025
The War Against Education Is An Exercise In Ignorance
Aug 10, 2025
The norms of democracy appear to be under a concerted and purposeful attack
Aug 3, 2025
The party and corporate structures don't know what to do with him, and that might be a good thing.
Jul 13, 2025
13 min read
The Art of Thinking to Avoid Big Beautiful BS
Jul 6, 2025
A look behind the curtain of an odorous bill.
