What I see when I get a moment to pause and make a little sense of the world
Drive along the outer rim of the exurbs north of Nashville, past structures that might be barns or might be wedding venues, around developments called Vineyard Grove or New Hope Village, and eventually you will arrive at what is meant to be the new headquarters of the election commission of Sumner C
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Harlan Crow wants to stop talking about Clarence Thomas. When you collect statues of Lenin, Harlan Crow told me, “you get to be a bit of a snob.
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In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: A gun enthusiast in Tampa built a 55-foot backyard pool shaped like a revolver, with a hot tub in the hammer.
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The decline of the John Birch Society offers possible strategies for containing the MAGA movement. Most Americans who have heard of the John Birch Society associate it with the political fringe—and rightly so.
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America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop. “Blood grows hot, and blood is spilled. Thought is forced from old channels into confusion. Deception breeds and thrives. Confidence dies, and universal suspicion reigns.
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Theologian Richard Mouw calls for a God-chastened love of country.
Nowadays, many readers are likely to look down their noses at any book that appeals to patriotism. Loyalty to some corner of humanity seems parochial, a betrayal of morality’s commitment to all people.
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The experience of owning, charging, and driving an electric vehicle makes the rising inequality of America more visible in new and subtle ways.
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To those who seek to stop young people from reading The Handmaid’s Tale: Good luck with that. It’ll only make them want to read it more.
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Oxytocin, often lauded as the “hug hormone,” might not be necessary to induce affection. Of the dozens of hormones found in the human body, oxytocin might just be the most overrated.
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What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem. Some years ago, I got a call from an analyst at the National Counterterrorism Center.
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