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Sunday Firesides: Stop Sending Out Your Smaller Man
Each of us contains two selves: one that’s full-sized, and one that’s shrunken down.
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Kate McKay
11
The Four Ages of Communication: How Changing Media Transforms the Human Experience
Take an illuminating ride through the Dying Breed version of Epcot Center
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Brett McKay
29
Sunday Firesides: For Things to Stay the Same, Everything Will Have to Change
In Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard, a Sicilian prince watches as the world shifts beneath his feet.
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Kate McKay
13
Dying Breed Dialogues: Ron Jones on Reviving Classical Physical Education
What's lacking in modern PE, the noble purpose of being fit, and the virtue of a beautiful push-up
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Brett McKay
19
Sunday Firesides: You Make the Magic
As children, we experience life as something that happens to us.
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Kate McKay
18

May 2025

20 Lessons From 20 Years of Marriage
Yesterday, we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary.
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Brett McKay
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Kate McKay
32
Sunday Firesides: You Are Your Relation to Pain
The biological experience of physical or emotional pain is straightforward.
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Kate McKay
15
The Virtues of Re-Reading Books
You haven't read a book until you've read it twice
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Brett McKay
48
Sunday Firesides: You Might Be Living in a Golden Age Right Now
You’ve been arguing more than usual with your wife.
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Kate McKay
17
The Truth About Therapy, Part II: Therapy Is Less Effective Than You Think
Is going to therapy worth it?
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Brett McKay
24
Sunday Firesides: Life Needs More Jazz
Jazz, more than any other musical genre, has always carried an air of cool.
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Kate McKay
25
What Is Love, Anyway?
You're probably not in love with your significant other right now
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Kate McKay
11
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