What I see when I get a moment to pause and make a little sense of the world
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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Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives. The trend started, as so many do, on TikTok.
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We are on the edge of a spy scandal with major implications for how we understand the Trump administration, our national security, and ourselves. On 23 January, we learned that a former FBI special agent, Charles McGonigal, was arrested on charges involving taking money to serve foreign interests.
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For too long, we’ve been consumed by our darkest impulses. It’s time to rise above it.
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