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Pete Connolly

Pete Connolly writes about ideas, culture, politics, literature, film, and other things worth a second look. He also publishes Something More Than Paternity on Substack.
by | Mar 23, 2026

American education is broken; this isn’t a secret. But parents are starting to fight back with lawyers—not because their kids…

by | Jan 30, 2026

Americans are radicalized, not because they care too much about politics, but because they’re bored. In our culture, stripped of…

by | Jan 9, 2026

“You know, I’ve seen a lot of people walkin’ ’round / With tombstones in their eyes … But the pusher…

by | Dec 22, 2025

Set due east from the bright lights of Rockefeller Center and the charming windows of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman,…

by | Dec 21, 2025

When I was a little kid, The Wizard of Oz came on TV once a year, usually on a Friday…

by | Dec 20, 2025

Buyer beware. Seems like common sense. We’re wary when we buy a power tool on Facebook Marketplace. We don’t assume…

by | Dec 12, 2025

This Saturday, the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen will square off in Baltimore, continuing a 126-year-old rivalry that…

by | Dec 10, 2025

Imagine a classroom where the listless substitute teacher hides in the back, placing his FanDuel bets while students run amok….

by | Nov 30, 2025

Somerset Maugham once said that the well-dressed man is the one whose clothes you never notice. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean…

by | Nov 27, 2025

Arguably the greatest MMA fighter of all time, Dagestani Khabib Nurmagomedov defined his strategy in the octagon: “I take people…

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