"perhaps because that’s not what it was ever designed to do." I don't agree with everything in this article, but it raises some important points. Losing Faith in Atheism | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

"As a means for allowing people with different conceptions of the good to live together fruitfully and peacefully, liberalism seems unmatched in human history. As a means of generating its own conceptions of goodness that feel compelling to most human beings, its record is quite mixed,

Need a bit of dating help? The caveman’s guide to romance www.economist.com/culture/2026...

Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

(440) Why washed-up celebs go MAGA - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=esu_...

Brooks and Capehart on what's next as ICE leaves Minnesota | PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

ICE Is Strangling the Minneapolis Economy - The American Prospect prospect.org/2026/02/13/i...

"that they require sustained commitment or a real attempt to defend them. Instead, he just walks away." Yup. The ‘You Can’t Fire Me—I Quit’ Presidency - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"On the one hand, he has insisted in each case that the circumstances are so urgent or dangerous that they require unprecedented action and assertions of federal power. Yet once he encounters pushback, he decides that the problems are not so serious

The Yale Professor Who E-mailed Epstein About a “Small Goodlooking Blonde” Student Is No Longer Teaching | The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

AI toy maker Miko exposed thousands of replies to kids: senators www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

"election officials, advocates, state law enforcement and voters — to see the administration’s efforts for what they are and to fight back." - The New York Times The greatest threat to "election integrity" is Donald Trump.

"We are already seeing how effective people can be in pushing back, whether on the streets of Minneapolis or at town halls hosted by their representatives in Congress. It will be incumbent on all of us —

"We are still nine months out from Election Day, but it seems that every day we get a new elections-related headline from this administration. That’s not an accident. The campaign to rig our elections is well underway.

Opinion | Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

Seen online just now: "How can people consider Europe a developed country when even Walmart doesn't want to be there?"

Olympic athletes are not supported by your taxes. They are privately funded. This has been a public service announcement.

Robert Evans’s Legendary Memoir Captures an Epic Hollywood Rise and Fall | Vanity Fair www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

I just tried to post a link to Twitter of a PBS News article saying a majority of Americans think ICE's actions are harmful. Twitter refused to display the link, sending me a message that its filters had identified the *article* as harmful. Somebody just shoot me.

"Republicans, however, remain supportive, with 73% approving of the agency's work." Growing number of Americans say ICE has gone too far us1.campaign-archive.com?e=8a9941298b...

"Six in 10 Americans disapprove of the job ICE is doing, while about 3 in 10 approve. Opinions about the agency and its actions are sharply divided along political lines, with 91% of Democrats and 66% of independents registering their disapproval.

"A majority say ICE is making Americans less safe, and a growing number believe the agency's actions have gone too far. "Meanwhile, anti-ICE protests that have grown in size and visibility in recent weeks are viewed by a majority of Americans as mostly legitimate and not unlawful.

"Americans largely disapprove of the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as recent enhanced enforcement operations spread to new cities across the country, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll found.

Bad Bunny helps Super Bowl LX peak with 137 million viewers thehill.com/homenews/med...

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's low approval ratings | PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

How the Seahawks won Super Bowl LX with defense that strangled Patriots - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

How Polarization Tore a Hole in America’s Mainline Churches | The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/2051...

Like Trump Cabinet Secretaries who hate the departments they were appointed to manage, Jeff Bezos hates a paper freely critical of his master and wants to destroy it. The Washington Post Is in Free Fall—and There’s One Person to Blame | The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/2061...

Democrat Wins Election ‘Comfortably’ in Big Donald Trump District - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrat-win...

The Hilarious Decline of MAGA’s Brief Cultural Relevance | The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/2062...

"A year ago, it seemed like the right was on the verge of total dominance throughout American society. Now they’re back to pretending to like Kid Rock, while everyone in the country gets to enjoy the real Super Bowl halftime show." - The New Republic

"The biggest story of the last year is that Trump has, in a very short amount of time, squandered most of his political capital by running a belligerent, unlawful, and fascist regime. But the second biggest is that the right has squandered all of the cultural capital his election brought them.

I don't completely agree with this article, but it raises some worthwhile points. An American Reckoning | Ben Rhodes | The New York Review of Books www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

New York’s new archbishop is a Spanish-speaking ‘Mini-Me’ of Pope Leo - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

What we know about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance: Latest from authorities as they search for Savannah Guthrie's mother www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Will Lewis steps down as publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

MAGA Sent Into Full Meltdown Over ‘Traitor’ U.S. Olympians www.thedailybeast.com/maga-sent-in...

JD Vance gets booed at 2026 Olympics opening ceremony after official urged crowds to 'be respectful' www.msn.com/en-us/music/...

Atkins Stohr and Parker on political fallout from Trump's call to 'nationalize' elections | PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...