Category Archives: The god problem

Elon mishegas for your Thanksgiving pleasure

Harper’s Weekly Review provides: Elon Musk, who tanked the value of the social media platform he renamed “X” by at least 71% in just one year of owning it, challenged Putin to “single combat” to end the war in Ukraine, … Continue reading

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And then there was light! (When was that? Where?)

Here I am, once again bearing a torch against despair. There are some realities that might lighten your mood or shift it into resistence (a lot better than despair), one of which is Lawrence Tribe’s talk with Ali Velshi on … Continue reading

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Two cults brilliantly described in one magazine issue

I don’t know whether David Remnick conceived of the August 26 New Yorker as cult-themed. But I think it is, after reading two long, riveting pieces of journalism, each about a nightmarish movement, one in our country, one in Kenya. … Continue reading

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