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The Sanctimony Pageant in Black Tie
Every year the Oscars arrive like a scented candle in a power outage, expensive, performative, and somehow making everything worse. It is the one Continue Reading
The Great American Pill Parade Where Your TV Sells You Sickness and Immunity
Oh, darling readers, gather ’round the glowing idiot box that is your television, because Tammy Pondsmith is here to dissect the grotesque carnival of Continue Reading
Insults Are the Fastest Way to Lose the Argument
Write this down somewhere prominent: the moment you reach for a slur, an insult, or a profanity-laced personal attack, you’ve stopped trying to Continue Reading
When Protest Becomes a Federal Crime Inside a Church
Is It Legal Under U.S. Law to Enter a Church During Worship to Protest? The Minneapolis/Don Lemon Case as a Real-World Test The short answer is Continue Reading
The Only Thing in this World I’ve Ever Truly Loved
I found this gem this morning, in a story about a possible remake of the movie 9 to 5: "Tomlin explained that in addition to being a comedy, the Continue Reading
Shanghai Strings and the American Press Puppet Show
If you want to understand what’s happening in the United States, stop staring at the crowd shots and start staring at the wiring diagram. The chanting Continue Reading
After the Revolution Wins, the Revolution Turns
Every revolution promises freedom.That’s the lie that gets people into the streets.What comes after victory is not freedom at all. It’s control. Continue Reading
Nuance Is Dead and the Algorithm Ate the Body
Vincent Vargas’ essay, “The Cost of Inaccuracy,” pulls off a modern miracle: holding two thoughts at once without snapping a moral tendon. He argues Continue Reading
Rage Feels Good. That’s Why You’re Addicted to It.
Rage doesn’t sneak up on you. It doesn't need to, because you let it in. You want to let it in. And, eventually, you need to let it in. Your pulse Continue Reading
When Identity Becomes the Remote Control
America loves categories. We invented the filing cabinet, the “medium” soda, and the comforting lie that if you put a label on something, you’ve Continue Reading
Your Outrage Has Been Approved by Our Sponsors
By Tammy Pondsmith, Senior Correspondent, Article 107 News — reporting on the facts before they happen Here’s tomorrow’s breaking news, today: a Continue Reading