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A Crisis of Coherence

Our churches, our media, and our politics all share one thing, and it's driving people away

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Who Killed the Third Place?

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

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government

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Third Shakerism

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

PersonalPersonal

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Am I a Leftist Now?

What even is a conservative these days, anyway?

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government

100 Days that Broke Us

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

Crossing the Rubicon

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

When MAGA Went Maoist

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

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government

When the Best Campaign Strategy is to Just Shut Up

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

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government

26 Things I Know About the Signalgate SNAFU

An accounting of the hubris, hypocrisy, and media spin that has compromised our national security.

PsychologyPsychology

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When "Free Thinkers" Are Neither

When heterodox thinkers embrace a new orthodoxy, who is left to do the hard work?

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government

When The Wheels Fall Off

What happens to a company, a party, a country in crisis?

PsychologyPsychology

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The Cop-Out

"Malicious compliance" is an attempt to excuse bad policy