Andy Masley doesn't understand how sound works

With techno-optimist friends like these...

Apr 21 • Bear Smith

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January 2026

Human Misery Programming

Suffering became spectacle first in radio, then in TV, and now in our politics

Jan 14 • Bear Smith

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What Trump Got Right About Maduro

And what he seems to be getting wrong

Jan 7 • Bear Smith

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September 2025

Who and What to Mourn

At 12:20 PM in Orem, Utah, on the campus of Utah Valley University, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

Sep 11, 2025 • Bear Smith

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July 2025

Whatever This Is, It's Not Christian.

Hey, friends.

Jul 9, 2025 • Bear Smith

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June 2025

Who Killed the Third Place?

Third places are dying, and we're killing them. Is there hope for their revival?

Jun 11, 2025 • Bear Smith

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Third Shakerism

The work of memory, the meaning of conservatism, and why conservatism isn't the enemy of progress

Jun 4, 2025 • Bear Smith

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April 2025

100 Days that Broke Us

What happened, what changed, and what is never going back to normal

Apr 29, 2025 • Bear Smith

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Am I a Leftist Now?

What even is a conservative these days, anyway?

Apr 28, 2025 • Bear Smith

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Crossing the Rubicon

Disappearing students. Jailed residents. Defied courts. The crisis is now.

Apr 16, 2025 • Bear Smith

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When MAGA Went Maoist

The ideological shift at the core of the dumbest week in American history

Apr 9, 2025 • Bear Smith

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When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up

Lessons from Wisconsin and Florida, and a warning of why it's not enough

Apr 2, 2025 • Bear Smith

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