loneliness

“Christian nationalism” is the bad penny that keeps turning up in media propaganda. Over and over and over again. It’s an obvious trope that often conflates fascism with a very natural love of homeland. Nationalism is very connected with a…

There is a reason why solitary confinement is considered a form of punishment in prisons; it’s a torturous existence and can drive the most hardened men off sanity’s cliff. As a child, I had no say about my loneliness. My father abandoned…

For those who remember the crisp fall morning of Sept. 11, 2001, how by 10:03 a.m. the day turned to Hell, and how we watched the brutal, televised murders of 2,977 people, the atrocities are seared into our memories. A…

Will America become a majority-childless society? A new Pew Research Center survey suggest that sadly may be the case. Such a direction would have alarming consequences for not just individuals but also for our nation. When Pew…

The so-called Western dating crisis has condemned countless men to a solitary life in which they cannot experience the joy of having a wife who exists solely to feed and pleasure them. The Onion explores how the terrifying epidemic of male…

Social media have been in the news of late, with several cases at the Supreme Court examining questions of censorship and the role of government in policing or regulating companies and content. But above and beyond the policy-related…

Censorship and loneliness always go together because political censorship is always designed to cut us off, to stop us from speaking openly to others. Let’s ponder that connection as we await the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murthy v.…

The late James Q. Wilson, professor of government at Harvard University, wrote in his book, The Marriage Problem, back in 2002, “It is not money, but the family that is the foundation of public life. As it has become weaker, every structure…

An “introvert economy” has come to define America’s post-lockdown culture, according to the Manhattan Institute’s Allison Schrager in Bloomberg Opinion. “The time at home made Americans less fun,” Schrager reported Monday. “In general…

There is a newer version of the classic Grinch movie on Hulu that my 3-year-old son loves. Ultimately, it is the same old story about a green monster who lives on a mountain outside of Who-Ville, and he hates Christmas. The difference in…