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The Resurrection of God: Why Europe's Bestselling Science Book Proves Materialism is Dead
For five hundred years, scientists as credible as Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Darwin and Freud chipped away at the scientific existence of God. So, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Reports on the Death of the American Dream are Greatly Exaggerated
For all its multiple obituary notices, the American Dream is alive and kicking. That, at least, is the view of Matson Money CEO and founder, Mark Mat…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why Podcasts Are Ruining Our Lives: On the Insidious Charm of Chat
Podcasts are ruining our lives. That, at least, is the thesis of the sometime podcaster, Liel Leibovitz. It’s the insidious charm of chat, Leibovitz …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Chinese Communist School of Hard Knocks: How Xi Jinping's Father Shaped China's Current Tough Guy Leader
Yesterday, the Canadian writer Diane Francis argued that Donald Trump should consider Xi Jinping’s China a competitor rather than an enemy. Perhaps. …
1 year, 2 months ago
Going Soft on China: Is Xi Jinping really a Competitor, not an Enemy, of the United States?
Should America go soft on China? According to the Toronto based foreign affairs writer Diane Francis, the United States ought to consider Xi Jinping’…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tech Insider Claims OpenAI Will Be Worth $10 Trillion: Has Silicon Valley Finally Gone Totally Bonkers?
I’ve always considered my friend Keith Teare a bit weird. Maybe it’s living in Palo Alto amidst the tech plutocracy. But I wonder if the That Was The…
1 year, 2 months ago
Can Democrats Really Pull a Reagan? How the GOP's 1980 Playbook Could Work for Progressives in 2028
Can Democrats pull a Ronald Reagan? That's the provocative question at the heart of Peter Wehner and Jonathan Rauch's New York Times intriguing piece…
1 year, 2 months ago
From Six Days of the Condor to American Sky: James Grady on Nostalgia and the American Dream
How to write about the kaleidoscopic Sixties in the gloom of 2025? According to James Grady, author of the classic Six Days of the Condor and the new…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Revolting Elites: How Christopher Lasch Predicted Trump and the Crisis of American Democracy
Both the American left and right are revolted by elites. But whereas the right has channeled its distaste for the powers-that-be into Trump and MAGA,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Confessions of a Meme Queen: I Created an Instagram Following to Trick People Into Letting Me Write a Book
Dubbed the Meme Queen of Depression by Mashable, Aiden Arata's real goal on Instagram was to build a big enough following to convince traditional pub…
1 year, 2 months ago