How I'm Using AI • AI isn't perfect, but it's ready for prime time—my hands-on examples from podcasts and theology to home repairs, and why non-users risk getting left behind.

How Hollywood Ruined Men for Dating • The death of the lovable loser hero and the rise of untouchable icons have men convinced rejection is inevitable — unless they're perfect.

Evangelicals Missing from the Halls of Power • The lack of evangelical elites, politicized parenting, seniority-driven government and more in this week's digest.

The Manosphere Hits the Mainstream • From red pill blogs to Clavicular's New York Times and GQ profiles, the manosphere has finally broken containment

The Boomer Upsize • Baby boomers are ditching the downsizing myth to claim 4-bedroom homes near their kids and grandkids, sending home prices skyward.

How to Think About Race in America | Albert Thompson

Sex Positive Conservatism • Evie's "Sex" issue, cozy girls, creationism, and more in this week's digest.

It's Almost a Sin for an Evangelical to Be an Elite • From "Radical" to "Seashells": How evangelical rhetoric downgrades "secular" vocations to second-class—or worse

Why Boomers Never Produced a Next Generation of Leaders

Old Orderists vs. New Orderists • Legacy vs. outsider institutions, restoration vs. reinvention: The fault line running through today's politics.

The Boomer Paradox | Jeff Giesea

Evangelical Cultural Cringe • Building the quiet confidence cultural engagement evangelicals need to critique the mainstream and create real influence.

How We Engineer the American Transition • The playbook from America's post-Civil War great reinvention—techno-nationalist acceleration paired with human-social formation

The NYT Admits America Has a Marijuana Problem • Pot problems, Chinese peptides, reindustrialization and more in this week's digest.

Evangelism Is Not Enough • Winsome apologetics can win souls, but it can’t run cities or drive successful outcomes in other high-stakes domains.

The Scam Economy • A populist-tort lawyer alliance is needed to start pushing back

America's Most Extreme Rust Belt Collapse | Chris Briem

Next Member Zoom: Why Boomers Never Created a Next Generation of Leaders

What to Do About Vice • Vice and liberalism, David Brooks' farewell, doomers in love and more in this week's digest.

The Plight of the Protestant Scholar • Why theological distinctives help the whole church and the whole academy

Thoughts on Israel

American Transition • The old American order is gone. A new one hasn’t arrived. What the transition looks like—and why it still holds promise.

Awash in Vice • Runaway levels of porn, pot, gambling, and more are metastasizing in our society.

Reframing My Work

The Half Life of the American Church • The coming denominational decline, looksmaxxing, and more in this week's digest.

Jewish Sovereignty • In an age of institutional decay and transactional politics, could a Jewish sovereign wealth fund offer a path to autonomy and security?

Ownership vs. Elite • The tradeoff evangelicals face: Prioritize owned institutions for cultural survival, or invest in elite pathways for broader societal impact?

How Smart Parents Are Giving Wealth to Their Kids Now | Justin Powell

Next Member Zoom: Reframing My Work

The Lure of Rome • Converting to Catholicism, theses on the WASPs and more in this week's digest.

From WASP Elites to AI Kings | Tanner Greer

2025 Year End Update

Polygamy Without Children • Our new mating system, Millennials and prenups, and more in this week's digest.

What's Wrong with the Multiverse • Infinite worlds promise total freedom. But what if they’re quietly teaching us that nothing matters?

Overproduced Elites and the Luxury Welfare State • How America's professional-managerial class turned status anxiety into a political project—and why "normal" politics isn't coming back.

Will America Be the Last Country Standing? | Lyman Stone

The Masculinity Crisis Is Real • The male experience, a Gen-Z religious revival?, zero-sum politics and more in this week's digest.

Evangelicals Need a Thicker Skin • Taking offense to quickly at perceived slights hands control to your critics

Keeping Out the Kooks • January's Member Only Podcast

Beyond the Culture of Nihilism • America’s culture wars mask a deeper crisis: a shared nihilism defined by destruction and the will to power. How do we rebuild meaning through a restored sacred order?

Why the Left Went Child-Free | Daniel Hess

The Top Articles of 2025 • A look back at the most popular pieces from last year

The Partisan Coding of Christianity • As Democrats shed religion and Republicans embrace Christianity as a tribal marker, faith risks becoming just another partisan signal

Why Men Dress Like Slobs | O. W. Root

What Not to Do • Low class behavior, antisemitism, Boomers, and more in this week's digest.

Confronting the Unspeakable Truth • Jacob Savage’s viral essay exposes how DEI has quietly shut doors on a generation of young white men—while too many refuse to say it out loud.

Comments on the Evangelical Elite Problem • The Best of Your Thoughts

Discussing the Evangelical Elite Problem

The Problem with the Evangelical Elite • There is no evangelical elite. Why that matters and what to do about it.

Why Families Are Fleeing Cities | Bobby Fijan