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Tattoos Will Not Save the Right 1
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- August 26, 2026
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has a talent for stealing the spotlight. But she outdid herself in mid-August when a photo of her in a sleeveless shirt showing both her arms covered in tattoos went viral. As a member of the House of Representatives, Mace usually appears in public wearing long-sleeved blazers. The contrast with
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The Line Between Disagreement and Violence on Campus Is Rapidly Disappearing 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, Politics
- August 26, 2026
There was a time, not too long ago, when intellectual disagreement could be had in good faith. Students were encouraged to debate an idea, defend it, and walk away sharper for having engaged in discourse. Now, for a growing share of college students, the only acceptable way to reconcile disagreement is to punch your interlocutor
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The Importance of Building Small 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- August 25, 2026
I am not a carpenter, and my hands are more comfortable on a keyboard than a skill saw. But I took it upon myself to try to build something this summer, namely, a coat closet and built-in cabinets with a window seat around the window in our entryway, where coats and boots and other outdoor
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Sophie Cunningham and the Philosophical Reason Bodies Matter 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy
- August 25, 2026
Considerable backlash erupted from Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) members and fans after player Sophie Cunningham made commonsensical remarks about the participation of biological males in women’s sports. This backlash, in turn, led to a re-evaluation of the WNBA’s policies. It seems we have yet another instance where we must ponder Matt Walsh’s infamous question,
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Fragmented Attention? It Isn’t Just Your Brain.0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Science
- August 24, 2026
If we’re following culture’s prevailing train of thought, we’ve grown accustomed to considering our failing attention spans as the product of our brains. Our culture constantly prompts mental hyperactivity, and our brains are slowly being rewired to crave the instant dopamine hits that online platforms can give. Indeed, the conversation around attention focuses heavily on
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The Pleasure and Pain of Nostalgia 0
- Culture, Featured, History
- August 24, 2026
Nostalgia derives from the Greek words “algos,” meaning grief or pain, and “nostos,” homecoming. In centuries past, physicians considered nostalgia a disease. In the first two years of the Civil War, for instance, Union army doctors diagnosed this intense longing for home and family as a serious and debilitating illness, with 2,588 reported cases and “13 deaths
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