Subject: General/Miscellaneous
Unfreedom of the press
The media, Fox News host Mark Levin Levin writes, constitute “a profession whose members form a class or aristocracy of strident, pretentious, arrogant, and self-righteously […]
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Talking to strangers: What we should know about the people we don’t know
In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The […]
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Mind over memes: Passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies
This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation–but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, […]
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Justice on trial: The Kavanaugh confirmation and the future of the Supreme Court
In this definitive deep dive into the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two women with extraordinary behind-the-scenes access–The Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway […]
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How to be an antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America — but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating […]
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Hivemind: the new science of tribalism in our divided world
Hivemind: A collective consciousness in which we share consensus thoughts, emotions, and opinions; a phenomenon whereby a group of people function as if with a […]
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Family resource management
Family Resource Management addresses the purposeful management of resources from a family systems perspective focusing on the impact decisions have on the family unit and […]
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Childfree by choice: the movement redefining family and creating a new age of independence
From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog ‘we’re {not} having a baby!’, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a […]
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American carnage: on the front lines of the Republican civil war and the rise of President Trump
The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. Alberta looks as Trump’s victory not as the creator of this era of polarization and […]
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United States of distraction: media manipulation in post-truth America (and what we can do about it)
The role of news media in a free society is to investigate, inform, and provide a crucial check on political power. But does it? It’s […]
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