They Just Didn’t Listen

Twenty-five years ago, when my younger son Michael was five years old, I started telling him a series of original bedtime stories called “They Just…

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My Inner Authenticity And Capitalism Without Guardrails

I present myself most often as happy and calm. Far more often than I actually am.

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October 2025

Slouching Toward Christian Nationalism

There is a current debate among Christians as to who to love and in what order.

Oct 25 • 

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Hailey Bieber Made Me Feel Bad About Myself

Jet-lagged, tired, and grumpy after my flight home from Europe, I was on the WSJ website and saw a headline about a woman named Hailey Bieber making a…

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You Had Me At A Glance

The beautiful girl, the silver wig, the hot nightclub with its impassable velvet rope, and jealousy.

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Reversion To The Moral Mean

On Error, Atonement, and the "Right Road."

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September 2025

An Exalted Form Of Doomscrolling

About righteous anger the old Biblical prophets were never bested.

Sep 27 • 

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Charlie Kirk, Collective Blame, And The Crucible

“…all the old political and moral reality had melted like a Dali watch.”

Sep 20 • 

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My Friend's Dating Profile

I have a friend named Lily whose dating profile reads as follows.

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My Mother The Absurdist

In 2018, when she was 80 years old, my mother Jill Roberts became a devotee of Albert Camus and his philosophy of Absurdism––the idea that life has no…

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August 2025

Our Second Gilded Age Goes Supernova

And it is a mistake to forget about Occupy Wall Street

Aug 30 • 

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Every Real Couple Fights About Money And We're No Exception

A fight reveals a fault line in my marriage

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