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The Search for Answers, and the Week’s Top 5
“Words only ever do so much. But, time and again, Saunders’s words—in his own stories, and in conversation—reveal their utility. They insist on our dignity, however and wherever they find us. And they help us extend the same dignity to others.” This week my wife and I watched the documentary Cover-Up, about journalist Seymour Hersh […]
Harrowing Outdoor Adventure and the Week’s Top 5
“Traveling the entire length was the equivalent of climbing and descending more than eighteen Mount Everests over a distance equivalent to nearly fifty marathons.” I’m powerless against outdoor adventure stories. I love tales of arduous trips through harsh landscapes, ones where Mother Nature can be fickle, casting weather spells that bring surprise, danger, and a […]
Finding Strength in What’s Routine (and Our Top 5)
“A list, after all, is a confession. We do not write in typeface. We write in loops and hesitations. In ink smudges. In cursive, if we remember how. Each list is a thumbprint. Each paper a window.” There is no sugar coating the world today. Things are rough. I’m no self-help expert, but in times […]
It’s Taylor Sheridan’s World. We’re Just Watching It
“The Yellowstone auteur is printing money with his sprawling TV universe—a place where America is great again, work is glorified, and a lone, brave man saves the day.”
Why Did Walter Springs Die?
“In time, it was almost as if he had never existed at all.”
I Can Feel God’s Presence in This Portable Toilet
“Harrison Scott Key invites us all to experience the joy, chaos — and, at times, horror — of St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah.”
Baby-Making on Mars
“In the depths of the Cold War, scientists from the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. joined forces to answer a still-urgent question: Can mammals reproduce in space?”

