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November 12, 2024This is my grandfather. His name was Victor. He was an auto mechanic, a gardener, and a fiddler who won Smithsonian awards for folk music. He was also a proud American and a World...
October 24, 2024“Are you a control freak?” Author Cal Newport paused after reading the inquiry from a listener during an episode of his podcast, Deep Questions. The subtle...
September 20, 2024What does it mean to be “country?” Is it a location, a disposition, or an attitude? Or, as some people say of conservatism, is it something more mysterious, like a...
August 6, 2024In 2012, the British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips wrote a book called “Missing Out.” Its subtitle is “In Praise of the Unlived Life.” The paths we have not...
July 2, 2024Several weeks ago, intent on continuing my pattern of exploring retail locations rather than shopping online, determined to encounter people in the flesh rather...
May 27, 2024I’ll make an admission: I find Washington, D.C. to be an exquisitely beautiful city. Yes, I love The Swamp. I am a swamp creature from the hinterlands, festooned with ferns and...
