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Dissent and the power of two
The urge to conform is enormous. The presence of one other dissenter is often all it takes to resist.
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
Severance and the divided American self
The analogy to our societal fracture cuts to the bone.
Suffering is optional
Those with the power to address the problem on a meaningful scale have other priorities.
Unchecked and unbalanced: The Constitution’s Achilles heel
An unforeseen partisan flaw threatens America's secular democracy.
The winds of an evolutionary mismatch
This is not the world we were meant for. That fact hurts some more than others.
The benefit of disconnecting
We have more information than ever. Is it helping?
The future of murder
A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.
An evergreen reminder: This too shall pass
There is comfort in impermanence.
Three visions of the year 3000
A quick look at the long run.
You are one of the most important humans who have ever lived
It isn't the end of the world. But give it a minute.
Ross Douthat wants you to believe in God
The orderly universe is not the pro-God argument Douthat thinks it is.