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Common Sense May be Returning to Marriages With Weekday Weddings
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured
- August 7, 2026

Just a few years ago, if a single individual mentioned his or her interest in dating or marriage, those within earshot would immediately ask, “Have you tried online dating?” It was as if those magical dating apps were the panacea that could cure even the most unlucky-in-love. How quickly things change. Those in the millennial
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I spent a good part of one summer trying to convince my 15-year-old brother (who was, at the time, decidedly unenthusiastic about philosophy) that it’s impossible to prove everything. It was something I’d become convinced of after reading C. S. Lewis’ “The Abolition of Man,” in which Lewis explained that accepting what was unprovable was
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On a recent Saturday morning seven of my grandchildren from two different families came to my apartment for an ice cream breakfast, now a once-or-twice a year Grandpa tradition. After they’d eaten their fill of ice cream covered with fruits, chocolate chips, butterscotch or chocolate syrup, and whipped cream topped with the customary cherry, we
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Social media has become rather synonymous with drama queens and rage baiters. How else is an influencer going to gain followers or views without a healthy heaping of angst and hormones? And before TikToks and Instagram stories, bloggers dominated the tell-all scene, spilling more tea than the Boston Harbor protest, many still doing so to modest acclaim. While perusing such tabloid tactics, I’ve noticed one topic increasingly discussed among Gen
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A 29-year-old mother committed suicide by walking into oncoming traffic after allegedly being encouraged to do so by ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. Her family is suing the company, pointing to a dark relationship the troubled woman, Christian Faith Madison, developed with the AI robot. In Madison’s parasocial relationship, as with many others that
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Recently, I wrote about the occult principles and practices that underpin the famous self-help book “Think and Grow Rich” (1937), by Napoleon Hill. Today, I want to examine another, much more recent book containing the same troubling ideas and background. When Rhonda Byrne’s book-and-movie combo “The Secret” burst onto the scene in 2006, it caused a sensation.
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