Years ago, Bob Dylan spoke of the Bible as both the most underrated and overrated book in the world. His words seemed clear enough to me. Though I can’t speak for what it meant to him, I will share my…
In 1981-82, my third year as a graduate student in English at Stony Brook University on Long Island, I shared a house in the neighboring town of East Setauket with two of my fellow students in the English department. While…
The Washington Post is facing a scale of collapse perhaps never before seen in American journalism. In 2021, the newspaper had reached 22.5 million digital users. By mid-2024, however, that had fallen to just 3 million. Twenty million daily viewers were…
It has been years since I gave a rip about anything in the Washington Post. Like the New York Times, the Post has become so dreadfully biased that reading it is downright agonizing. There is little point in reading it,…
In the race to AI supremacy, few things are as important as having access to advanced computer chips. The United States and China are currently vying for the top spot, so it makes sense to implement rules to prevent China…
While fraudsters and scammers continue to run wild, the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears more focused on headline-grabbing antitrust and competition lawsuits than effectively protecting consumers. Khan’s track record raises questions about whose interests she truly prioritizes: her…
Season two of Amazon’s mega-funded The Rings of Power isn’t good. Season one wasn’t good, either, and despite having two years to correct the problems, the show continues to feel like the furthest thing from what J. R. R. Tolkien would…
Amazon was originally an American company. With its start in Jeff Bezos’ garage, it typified the genre of plucky American businesses challenging the status quo through hard work and exceptionalism. But, despite its origin and the benefits received through the…
“Jesus Loves You. Jesus is there for you when you need him,” reads a children book at the Barnes & Noble bookstore almost four years after lockdowns descended. With what children and teens endured, the book might as well say,…
