Saturday, March 28, 2026

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy: Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/
Monday, March 23, 2026

Getting at the Roots of Sexual Violence Against Women: Research shows sexual violence is more likely where women are isolated, unsupported, undereducated, unmarried, and surrounded by addiction.

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https://publicsquaremag.org/sexuality-family/sexual-abuse/getting-at-the-roots-of-sexual-violence-against-women/
Sunday, March 22, 2026

No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrating investigators.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/world/deadly-drugs-paper.html
Saturday, March 21, 2026

When Being Raped Is The Best Line In Your Resume

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https://anncoulter.com/2026/03/11/when-being-raped-is-the-best-line-in-your-resume/

The Unraveling of MomTok: Discarded boundaries do not produce freedom when children, marriage, and human dignity are treated as content.

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https://publicsquaremag.org/media-education/pop-culture/the-unraveling-of-momtok/
Thursday, March 19, 2026

The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why This article is from Al Jazeera.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

The Marriage Effect" A common narrative has it that commitment and motherhood make women unhappy. New data suggest the opposite is true.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/marriage-motherhood-happiness-children/684064/
Saturday, March 14, 2026

What Will Happen When All the Male Therapists Are Gone? Psychology is increasingly a female-dominated profession. That may have implications for boys and men.

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https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/male-therapists-psychology-representation-a1650f62
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/online-sports-betting-app-addiction/686061/
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

How Gambling Ate the World: In less than a decade, betting apps swallowed sports. And now they’re doing the same to the news.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/207374/gambling-sports-news-united-states " There is something fundamentally anti-human about the trans...
Monday, March 9, 2026

How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents

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https://thehustle.co/originals/how-big-diaper-absorbs-billions-of-extra-dollars-from-american-parents
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Opinion: A turning point for the Middle East: Resist the temptation to oppose anything associated with Trump. Iranians around the world rejoice to not be standing alone anymore

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https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/02/28/middle-east-turning-point/

How Not to Be Bored When You Have to Wait: Sick of standing in line? Instead of looking at your phone, read on. By Arthur C. Brooks

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/waiting-boredom-frustration-strategies/677767/
Monday, March 2, 2026

(Women's Clothing Sizes)

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https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/
Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Quiet Cost of Profanity

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https://latterdaysaintmag.com/the-quiet-cost-of-profanity/
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Mamdani Will Need to Change How He Governs

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/opinion/democrats-public-sector-unions.html
Monday, February 23, 2026

How to, Like, Stop Saying Filler Words

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https://time.com/7379575/stop-saying-um-like-filler-words/

The underground salt kingdom that became one of Europe’s strangest attractions

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https://www.cnn.com/travel/wieliczka-salt-mine-tours-poland

Finding Solutions to America’s Loneliness Epidemic: As ‘third places’ such as cafes and churches decline, these Americans are finding new spaces to build community and combat social isolation.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/finding-solutions-to-americas-loneliness-epidemic-5984632

Young Men Aren’t the Only Ones Struggling: Women might be having an even harder time.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/02/gen-z-young-women-identity-crisis/686075/
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Playing ‘War’ at Sarah Lawrence

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https://tomklingenstein.com/playing-war-at-sarah-lawrence/ "Thanks in part to the propaganda bubble created by social media, many of to...
Friday, February 13, 2026

We Shorten Our Lives in All Kinds of Ways—But There May Be a Way to Reverse Them: Our body has a biological clock that determines how fast our cells age. How does this mechanism work? What are the factors that speed it up or slow it down?

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https://archive.is/20260212225020/https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/we-shorten-our-lives-in-all-kinds-of-ways-but-there-may-be-a-way-to-...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The workplace wasn’t designed for humans – and it shows

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https://theconversation.com/the-workplace-wasnt-designed-for-humans-and-it-shows-269127
Friday, January 30, 2026

How Congress became the weakest branch: For more than a century, public demands for responsive government have weakened Congress and strengthened the presidency. Has that bargain backfired?

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https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2026/01/05/imperial-presidency-congress-decline-analysis/

Pharmacy deserts and the cost to rural America: In 1 Arizona town, the only independent pharmacy is doing everything it can to survive

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https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2026/01/12/nationwide-pharmacy-crisis-rural-care/
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Is It Dangerous to Let Kids Be Free? From bus rides to playgrounds, we are raising our children in a culture of fear

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https://thewalrus.ca/is-it-dangerous-to-let-kids-be-free/
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime: A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/unforgiving-places-jens-ludwig-book-review
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Why do some people always get lost? Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction

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https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/why-do-some-people-always-get-lost-but-others-dont
Saturday, January 17, 2026

How to Want Less: The secret to satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff. By Arthur C. Brooks

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-are-never-satisfied-happiness/621304/

How Smart People Can Stop Being Miserable: Intelligence can make you happier, but only if you see it as more than a tool to get ahead. By Arthur C. Brooks

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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/03/intelligence-well-being-life-satisfaction-happiness/673476/
Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Case Against Travel: It turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best.

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold: New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice.

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https://www.wired.com/story/cold-nose-washing-nasal-saline-rinse/
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Should Friends Offer Honesty or Unconditional Support?" A “culture of passivity” makes many people reluctant to question their friends’ decisions.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/12/do-real-friends-tell-truth-confrontation/672437/

The Secret to a Fight-Free Relationship: Conventional wisdom says that venting is cathartic and that we should never go to bed angry. But couples who save disagreements for scheduled meetings show the benefits of a more patient approach to conflict.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/delaying-conflict-better-venting-relationships-scheduled-disagreement/620057/
Friday, January 9, 2026

Unanchored: Addressing the disconnect among American men: Utah symposium explores masculinity, men’s place in society

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https://www.deseret.com/family/2026/01/08/men-boys-society-disconnect-masculinity-suicide-utah-symposium-richard-reeves/
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/06/smaller-houses-happier-lives/
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Wolves, long feared and reviled, may actually be lifesavers: A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/gray-wolfs-safer-roads-delisting/

Champagne bubbles: the science: As you uncork that bottle and raise your glass, take time to toast physics and chemistry along with the New Year

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https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2021/champagne-bubbles-science

Do yourself a favor: Thinking of others enhances your well-being, while selfishness just adds to stress, studies show

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https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2017/do-yourself-favor
Saturday, December 27, 2025

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy: Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/

Perspective: Is there a gospel plan for everyone, or just certain kinds of people?: How one man’s experience as a LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saint illustrates that faith is not about fitting a preconceived mold

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https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/12/26/gospel-plan-for-everyone/

Perspective: What boys are for — why healthy masculinity isn’t enough: Healthy masculinity teaches men how to cope; sacred masculinity teaches them what they are for

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https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/12/25/sacred-masculinity-why-healthy-masculinity-isnt-enough/ 
Friday, December 26, 2025

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34

How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.

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https://cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/how-to-spot-ai-hallucinations-like
Saturday, December 20, 2025

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger: The three reasons old people are happier that work for any age

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/elderly-happiness-advice-stress/685290/
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The Entry-Level Hiring Process Is Breaking Down: Grade inflation and the rise of AI are making it impossible for employers to evaluate recent graduates.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/grade-inflation-ai-hiring/685157/

The Lost Generation

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https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Why floods threaten one of the driest places in the world: A Washington Post investigation found that in one of the planet’s most arid regions, extreme rain and floods have become frequent and deadly.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/interactive/2025/oman-dubai-flooding/
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The undersea mountains where sharks rule

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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251208-shark-mountains-the-undersea-mountains-where-sharks-rule
Monday, December 8, 2025

The Great Unbalding: Fallen follicles, rise! After decades of failed attempts to regrow lost hair, scientists may have just stumbled across a solution.

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pp405-baldness-cure-hair-loss-treatment-follicles-science-tressless.html
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize: The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/colleges-ai-education-students/685039/
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Accommodation Nation America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/elite-university-student-accommodation/684946/
Sunday, November 30, 2025

A Defense of Marriage in a Skeptical Age: The institution of marriage declares the goodness of commitment, love, and fidelity. What happens when society stops valuing it?

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/a-defense-of-marriage-in-a-skeptical-age-5848804

There’s a Good Chance Your Gluten Sensitivity Isn’t Gluten: A review of years of research suggests non-celiac gluten sensitivity could be a form of irritable bowel syndrome.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/theres-a-good-chance-your-gluten-sensitivity-isnt-gluten-5936652
Friday, November 28, 2025

Who is to blame for the decline of marriage? The answer might not be what you’d think Some blame men, others blame liberal women, but there’s another factor at play

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https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/11/25/marriage-decline-social-media-young-women-marriageable-men/

Love your enemies: Why we should stand up for those we disagree with

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https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2025/11/08/love-your-enemies-arthur-brooks/
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Universal child care can harm children: Its growing popularity in America is a concern

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https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/05/universal-child-care-can-harm-children
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Profits and False Promises: How the war on cancer is good for business.

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https://www.vqronline.org/summer-2025/essays/profits-and-false-promises

Holes in the web: Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too

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https://aeon.co/essays/generative-ai-has-access-to-a-small-slice-of-human-knowledge

Are Your Passwords in the Green?

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https://www.hivesystems.com/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green

I wasted so much money on AA batteries because I missed this tiny detail

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https://www.makeuseof.com/wasted-money-over-aa-battery-code-meaning/

How to Reject Someone Nicely

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https://www.vogue.com/article/how-to-reject-someone-nicely
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Inside the Church's Massive Giving Operation (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation

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https://behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-people-return-their-shopping-carts-a-somewhat-scientific-investigation/
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/they-take-the-money-and-go-why-not-everyone-is-mourning-the-end-of-usaid

Booze Without the Burn? An Enzyme-Tinkering Startup Aims to Make Spirits Smoother: Voodoo Scientific has developed a process that, when applied to fiery hooch, results in a more sippable tipple.

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https://www.wired.com/story/booze-without-the-burn-voodoo-scientific-viriato/

Treat the Root Cause, Not the Symptom: If we keep treating symptoms instead of causes, America isn’t going to heal—it’s just going to get better at hiding the pain.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/treat-the-root-cause-not-the-symptom-5941492
Friday, November 7, 2025

Why One Doctor Says Depression Treatment Needs a Reset: A former FDA officer argued the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression lacks proof and antidepressants are overprescribed.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/why-one-doctor-says-depression-treatment-needs-a-reset-5937995
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Cartels Control Tribal Lands in California, Grow Drugs and Impose Narco-Slavery: Sheriff Matt Kendall estimates up to 80 percent of illicit cannabis in Mendocino County is harvested on reservations.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/cartels-control-tribal-lands-in-california-grow-drugs-and-impose-narco-slavery-5931679
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Why Students Are Obsessed With ‘Points Taken Off’: Students and professors are in a drawn-out battle over grade inflation. It may never end.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/grade-inflation-college-fix/684808/
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That: They didn’t want to put their children in the middle—so they put a machine there instead.

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https://www.wired.com/story/ai-emotional-spellcheck-difficult-people/

What we lost when cars won: Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them.

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https://grist.org/culture/cars-crashes-books-culture/
Monday, October 27, 2025

The Divorce Epidemic Among the People We Pay to Prevent Divorce

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https://publicsquaremag.org/sexuality-family/family-matters/divorce-therapist-insights-why-their-own-marriages-fail/
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

He Co-founded Wikipedia, Now He Says the Site Needs a Radical Change: Larry Sanger says the website has become biased against conservative and religious viewpoints, but sees a way to fix it.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/he-co-founded-wikipedia-now-he-says-the-site-needs-a-radical-change-5928595
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Perspective: To understand Columbus, try reading even more about him: Portrayals of Columbus as a villain often rely on select moments taken out of context, while dismissing a great deal of other evidence, including his own stated intentions

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https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/10/12/seeing-columbus-clearly/