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June 2025

A Different Moral Universe: Dating Apps and the Political Divide
Behold:
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I Wish I Could Convince You to be Curious -- and to go Out on Dates.
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Ranch Jam, Again
“That’s so much sugar,” JJ says.
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Road Trip Lessons
I am in Reno.
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Los Angeles is Just Fine, Thanks for Asking, and Other Notes on Navigating an Angry Age
There is a basic law about crisis: the further away you are from a city or region experiencing natural disaster or civil unrest, the more likely you are…
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Dating, Again.
It is a warm Sunday afternoon on a West Hollywood patio, but Amanda and I have found a quiet, shady table away from the din and spectacle on Melrose…
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May 2025

April 2025

A Promise Not to Kill Yourself Proves Very Little: a Note on Virginia Giuffre
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best-known victims has died at 41. As you may have heard, the cause of death was suicide.
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The Pope, Easter, and the Kingdom: A Note on the Eclipse of Progressive Christianity
“Pope Francis leaves behind a Church that is moving away from the faith he championed,” writes Elizabeth Breunig in The Atlantic today.
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What the Killing of Austin Metcalf Tells us About Culture and Free Will
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