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ANALYSIS · 315d ago

The Story of the Second Day of Christmas.

In an increasingly secular world, it can be all too easy to let the retail frenzy dictate what the Christmas season means: frantic last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve,…

ANALYSIS · 344d ago

So, What’s Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Plan?

Earlier this week, I mentioned in a members-only email for The National Pulse that I would elaborate on what I know about Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation and her…

ANALYSIS · 351d ago

The Stock Market and Bitcoin Volatility, Explained.

PULSE POINTS ❓WHAT HAPPENED: Stocks and other investments like Bitcoin have seen significant volatility in recent days as fears over an artificial intelligence (AI) industry-fueled economic bubble mount.…

ANALYSIS · 359d ago

Some Constructive Criticism.

Happy Veteran's Day to my American friends. Happy Remembrance Day to my British and Commonwealth friends. Happy Constructive Criticism Day to my Trump administration friends! Most of you…

ANALYSIS · 392d ago

WILKINS: Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ is a Love Letter to Home, Family, and Commitment.

Somewhere along the way, Taylor Swift told an entire generation of women they don’t need a man. She began her career with hopeful love songs — the kind that believed in happy endings — and then, like much of culture, pivoted. Her music shifted from soft romanticism to the soundtrack of grievance: albums about how she’d be more famous if she were a man, how her exes were villains, and how girl power was the supreme virtue.