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🏛️ Politics
January 17, 2026

Renee Good’s Dignity

Renee Good’s Dignity In the hours and days after Renee Good’s death, members of the Trump administration, without waiting for basic facts to be confirmed, spoke publicly in support of the ICE agent who shot the Minnesota mom three times in the face. But officials did more than mount a defense; they went on offense against the victim. Good was a “domestic terrorist,” said Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem. “A deranged leftist” who was part of a left-wing network, according ...

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📈 Economy
January 16, 2026

The 401(k) Is Tearing Society Apart

The 401(k) Is Tearing Society Apart It’s a financial-planning axiom that’s become virtually sacrosanct: you’re probably not saving enough for retirement. Starting as young as possible, you should scrimp and save and sacrifice like your future life depends on it—because it does. Given that Americans believe they need $1.26 million to comfortably retire yet only half of all households have any retirement savings at all, the advice may seem on point. But what if we’ve got it all wrong? Over the ...

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📚 Education
January 16, 2026

Formulae that Don’t Formulate

The article critiques the limitations of formulaic approaches in various fields, arguing that rigid frameworks can stifle creativity and hinder genuine understanding and innovation.

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🎭 Culture
January 15, 2026

Raising the Bastions

Raising the Bastions The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar is a figure at once admired and scorned in U.S. Catholicism. An ostensible “radical” before the Second Vatican Council, his postconciliar reputation has long invited the suspicions of liberal Catholics and the cautious, sometimes grudging respect of conservatives. Many theologians are deeply ambivalent about him. The surface of Balthasar’s texts seems to take different shapes depending on the light in which they’re read. It’s no...

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🏛️ Politics
January 15, 2026

Grievance Politics, French Style

Grievance Politics, French Style Every French motorist is required to keep a reflective yellow vest (gilet jaune) in their car for safety in case of a roadside breakdown. But when gas prices went up sharply in 2018, these yellow vests took on a new meaning: French citizens started donning them as an act of protest, taking over traffic circles throughout the country. Already struggling to make ends meet, the protesters were worried about how they would afford to drive to work, and they needed ...

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