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The human-psyche has a terrible track record of attaching ambiguous titles of hero, victim, villain, and, of course, martyr. Our Internet-era only exploits this inherent flaw. This is not political

Living civics doesn’t demand instant opinions — it rewards thoughtful restraint. Somewhere along the way, we decided that silence meant disengagement and that not having an opinion meant you weren’t

Snowmageddon and the Modern Panic On the eve of 2026’s snowmageddon, reaction crossed every segment of society. By Saturday, churches were closing. You would think we were in uncharted territory,

The Question at the Center of Our National Debate When all is said and done, the crux of the political debate taking place in the United States today centers on

There are exactly two kinds of people in this world.Those who see a freezing newborn calf and think, “Someone should help.”And those who immediately rush to the comments section to

When the Wildlife Finally Gentrifies San Francisco has officially reached the point where even the mountain lions are house-hunting in Pacific Heights. Early this week, a 77-pound, two-year-old male mountain

What Emerson Actually Said—and Why It Matters American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson is given credit for capturing the thought that consistency is sort of a silly idea. Let’s start by

The ICE Confrontations-Expected and Not Surprising My buddies and I have been watching the incidents involving ICE agents unfold on the little-big screen like everyone else. What we could see

Bless Your Headlines: Start Your Engines… and Pass the Mustard Just when you thought the world had officially run out of whimsy, Oscar Mayer said, “Hold my relish.” The Wienermobiles

Once upon a time in America, Minnesota’s Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis delighted in being America’s most neighborly cities. Today, it is the proud home of the new