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  • Digital Life: A New Kind of Existence

    Digital Life: A New Kind of Existence0

    The average American spends over seven hours daily on screens. That means most of us live about half our waking hours inside a digital vortex. Engagement with the digital world is no longer an occasional pastime, an interruption in an otherwise analog existence. For many, it’s not a tool, but a way of life since vast portions

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  • Bringing Light to the Asylum

    Bringing Light to the Asylum0

    Back in the 1980s, writer Florence King began her essay “Democrazy” by recounting a scene from the 1946 Japanese war trials. At one point, the former propaganda minister, Shumei Okawa, leaped to his feet and cried out: “I hate United States! It is democrazy!” That unintended pun is the theme for King’s piece, which appears

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  • We Were Never Meant for So Much Content

    We Were Never Meant for So Much Content0

    Reaction podcasts. Must-watch interviews. Exclusive subscriber weekly shows. Patreon exclusive content. Sign up to get a code to watch our member’s only exclusive holiday special. You won’t want to miss this! Is anyone keeping up with it all? It boggles my mind how podcasters find the time to produce all their content. I can barely

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  • Is Romance Dead? Only if You Make It So.

    Is Romance Dead? Only if You Make It So.3

    In the hit song “Some Enchanted Evening” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1949 musical “South Pacific,” which takes place during World War II, the French expatriate Emile sings of his love for Nellie, a young and naïve Navy nurse. The song is a general take on love and romance, of seeing a woman, a stranger,

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  • Conservatives Need to Support the Arts. Here’s Why.

    Conservatives Need to Support the Arts. Here’s Why.0

    “Don’t lose your soul.” During my senior year of high school, I heard this warning over and over when I shared with my conservative Christian community that I planned to major in theatre alongside English literature. “The arts are dangerous nowadays.” This December, I will receive my Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration

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  • Self-Governance Is the Bedrock of Liberty

    Self-Governance Is the Bedrock of Liberty0

    Those who refuse to govern themselves will be governed by others. This is one of the takeaway lessons from the recent elections, particularly in New York City. There a young and inexperienced pro-Islamist and democratic socialist won the mayoral election in part by promising voters goodies like free bus transportation, free childcare, some government grocery

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