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October 16, 2026
Let’s Kill the Four-Chord Song
The audience has lost interest in it—but what comes next?
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October 14, 2026
Don’t Trust People Who Talk Like This
The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.
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October 10, 2026
People Are Rejecting Screens—and Returning to Communal Events
The inmates are breaking out of digital prison
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October 6, 2026
Why Everybody Loves Glen Campbell
In 1960, a country boy named Glen Campbell showed up in Los Angeles with a guitar, a pompadour hairdo, and a lean, hungry look....
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October 2, 2026
The AI God Delusion Goes Mainstream
Anthropic now treats the Pope as a competitor in a battle for souls
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September 30, 2026
17 Observations on Chivalry
They say it died long ago with King Arthur. But did it really?
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September 27, 2026
The Most Dangerous Thing in Culture Right Now is Beauty
A provocative article from the archive (updated and expanded)
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September 24, 2026
Spammers Teach Me Six Ugly Truths About AI Writing
Also details on the new scam targeted at authors
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September 22, 2026
The 50 Essential Western Films
In this final installment of my survey, I cover the turbulent period from 1969 to the present day
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September 19, 2026
AI-Generated Movie Star Has a Total Meltdown on TV
Hollywood’s plan to replace people with bots took another blow this week
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September 17, 2026
My Favorite Philip K. Dick Novels
Here are seven entry points into the oeuvre of this troubled and troubling sci-fi author
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September 17, 2026
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
This unhinged book from 1965 is all coming true—in the worst kind of way
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September 12, 2026
How a Healthy Society Falls Apart
Stefan Zweig's account is almost too strange to believe—but forces us to ask if it could happen again
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September 9, 2026
The Last 24 Hours Are the Opening Scene in a Horror Movie
Eight different insiders have issued warnings—and you need to hear them out
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September 6, 2026
Amazon is Polluted
And I'm not talking about a river in South America
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September 4, 2026
YouTube Videos I’m Recommending Right Now
Here’s a big batch of 14 recent videos. These are keepers.
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September 1, 2026
Wendell Berry’s Nine Rules
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the archive
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August 31, 2026
10 Brutally Honest Predictions on the Future of AI
Forget the hype—here’s what will really happen
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August 28, 2026
The 3 Bad Types of Humanities Professor
And how to improve cultural education in the current moment
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August 25, 2026
How Our Leisure Time Got Monetized
It wasn’t always like this
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August 22, 2026
The Best Gospel Music Happening Right Now
You don’t need to join the congregation to enjoy these spirited tracks
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August 19, 2026
Stanford's Secret Course on How to Rule the World
And its link to the scandal surrounding Bill Gates’s daughter
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August 17, 2026
How to Make a Marriage Proposal
At least here's how I did it
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August 14, 2026
What Are You Favorite New Movies, Music, Books, and TV Series?
I'm seeking recommendations from the brain trust (that means you)
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August 12, 2026
Reese Witherspoon and Me
Will I join her on the red carpet some day?
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August 10, 2026
Great New Music I'm Recommending Right Now
Ten recent albums of outstanding merit
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August 6, 2026
Is a Multibillion-Dollar Company Smarter than a 6th Grader?
And other dispatches from the culture wars
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August 4, 2026
How to Lose $35 Billion with Philosophy
We've come a long way from Plato and Aristotle
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August 2, 2026
How I Became the Honest Broker
I share my origin story
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July 30, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg's Empire Is Now Crumbling
Has any company in history made more bad decisions?
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