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• Cowardice With a Lanyard July 18, 2026
  The modern institution has discovered a miracle cure for reality: never diagnose it. Just rename every hard fact until it sounds like a workplace wellness seminar, then punish anyone rude enough to notice the blood on the carpet. That’s the racket. Our universities, corporations, nonprofits, agencies, HR temples, and credentialed daycare centers for adults have […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• The Mile-High View July 18, 2026
  I have fond memories as a child sitting in the front seat helping navigate. I learned a lot about reading maps, proper road etiquette, and history. There was some peace to coasting along the road, having to solve the puzzle of how one gets from point A to point B, long before the chirping of automated […]
  Jake Smith
• A Country That Hates Its Past Will Surrender Its Future July 17, 2026
  “I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face.” The line is widely attributed to Franz Kafka, though scholars note it may be a paraphrase rather than a verifiable quotation from his published work. Whether Kafka said it exactly this way is almost beside […]
  Charles Faint
• God Only in Fear July 17, 2026
  The most devout heathen seems to find their deity in their moments of greatest tribulation. They preach the gospel of atheism with piousness when their bellies are full, and the world is in abundance. There is no God until they stare down mortality. There is only God in fear and suffering. They pray to the […]
  Jake Smith
• The Silent Crisis of Manhood July 17, 2026
  By Todd B. Kashdan & Chris Frueh Shortly after returning from a highly kinetic overseas combat deployment a few years ago, a U.S. military special operator (well known to one of us), with one of the nation’s most storied Tier One units, began working toward a master’s degree in counseling psychology at a prestigious northeastern […]
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