The Politics of Dissidence
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Scott Greer joins in to discuss his recent book, Whitepill. The conversation is embedded below....
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Let's be frank. The young Native American man is playing his love's favorite song in hopes of tempting her out for a midnight rendezvous. And it appears to have worked! The “Night Song” sculpture was created by Joe Beeler and with the park was dedicated on December 9, 1998. The statue, sitting on a rock base, is about seven feet tall. Beeler shared that this young man, from the Southern Plains, was playing a flute as a means of courting the woman he loved. The bas-relief on the statue's base depicts various animals and the happy couple walking together, with her arm wrapped around his shoulders. Beeler was a renowned artist and sculptor who specialized in Western art. The flute is likely a Native American courting flute, which was often made from aromatic woods, such as sumac or juniper, or from river cane and sunflower stalks. As the young man played a special song, the woman would join him if she accepted his courtship. The flute was sometimes destroyed to signify that the couple
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Why You Should Spend More Time in Graveyards
Unless for the express purpose of visiting a loved one’s grave, most people avoid spending time in cemeteries. They seem like gloomy, spooky, haunted places, the kind of place where, if you’ve learned anything from cinema, you’re most likely to encounter an unfriendly ghost, demon, or bogeyman. You may have only glimpsed graveyards as you’ve…
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This coming Sunday, November 1, is the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, and we’re happy to offer another collection of Lectionary…
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In 2013, I was one of five mothers who, unsatisfied with schooling options in MetroWest Boston, came together to found a Catholic classical school. Having matriculated twenty-five students into...
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Seven decades later, we're still just as familiar with these timeless '50s slang words and phrases.
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“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”
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The Politics of Dissidence
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Scott Greer joins in to discuss his recent book, Whitepill. The conversation is embedded below....
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5 Creepiest Baba Yaga Stories From Slavic Folklore
Think Baba Yaga is just a fairy tale witch? From magical doll massacres to 41 impaled heads, explore five of Slavic folklore’s most terrifying Baba Yaga stories.
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‘Night Song’ in Muncie, Indiana
Let's be frank. The young Native American man is playing his love's favorite song in hopes of tempting her out for a midnight rendezvous. And it appears to have worked! The “Night Song” sculpture was created by Joe Beeler and with the park was dedicated on December 9, 1998. The statue, sitting on a rock base, is about seven feet tall. Beeler shared that this young man, from the Southern Plains, was playing a flute as a means of courting the woman he loved. The bas-relief on the statue's base depicts various animals and the happy couple walking together, with her arm wrapped around his shoulders. Beeler was a renowned artist and sculptor who specialized in Western art. The flute is likely a Native American courting flute, which was often made from aromatic woods, such as sumac or juniper, or from river cane and sunflower stalks. As the young man played a special song, the woman would join him if she accepted his courtship. The flute was sometimes destroyed to signify that the couple
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Unless for the express purpose of visiting a loved one’s grave, most people avoid spending time in cemeteries. They seem like gloomy, spooky, haunted places, the kind of place where, if you’ve learned anything from cinema, you’re most likely to encounter an unfriendly ghost, demon, or bogeyman. You may have only glimpsed graveyards as you’ve…
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A very modern conception of womanhood: in the Jazz Age paintings of Tamara de Lempicka, women were bold, free and stylish - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
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In 2013, I was one of five mothers who, unsatisfied with schooling options in MetroWest Boston, came together to found a Catholic classical school. Having matriculated twenty-five students into...
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“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time,” E.B. White insisted. “You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.” Both as a reader of them and as a writer of them, I have never considered “children’s books” a separate category of literature: The best children’s books are works of philosophy in disguise, shining a sidewise gleam on the fundamental questions we live with, articulating in the language of children, which is the language of great simplicity and great profundity,… read article
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The Science of Doing Your Best Work
Steven Kotler is a bestselling author and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective, where he studies the science of peak performance. Public Release: Oct 27. Members have access now.Join us. Most of us have felt it. Hours disappear, everything else fades away, and the work seems to do itself. But what’s actually happening…
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Indian Arts Center in Laguna, New Mexico
Just outside Albuquerque along historic Route 66, sits an unassuming, albeit colorful little building. Adorned with paintings of Native women and traditional pottery, the Indian Arts Center offers an array of local pottery, textiles, jewelry, and other handcrafted goods from Laguna Pueblo artists. For a taste of traditional Native American fare, ask owner Dominick Quiroz to serve up a freshly made Indian taco or an order of fluffy Fry Bread with a choice of sugary toppings. The center was established in 1999 by Quiroz’s father with a mission to preserve and celebrate the rich culture of the Laguna Pueblo people, a federally recognized Native American tribe. Long before Spanish colonizers gave the pueblo the name “Laguna”, meaning “little lake,” the natives called themselves the Kawaika, or “lake people.” In 2023, the center received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, a testament to its longstanding commitment to preserving Laguna Pueblo culture and sharing its
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Odds & Ends: October 23, 2026
Why your protein powder costs so much more now. Back in 2018, I wrote a guide to chugging whey as a cheap, low-hassle way to hit your protein goals. Whey protein is still a low-hassle way to hit your protein goals, but it ain’t cheap anymore. Oliver Bateman at Men’s Health noticed the same thing.…
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Traction!
Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars - by Jennifer R Vail Read on Aeon
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20 Favorite Children’s Books from 20 Years of The Marginalian
“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time,” E.B. White insisted. “You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.” Both as a reader of them and as a writer of them, I have never considered “children’s books” a separate category of literature: The best children’s books are works of philosophy in disguise, shining a sidewise gleam on the fundamental questions we live with, articulating in the language of children, which is the language of great simplicity and great profundity,… read article
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Steven Kotler is a bestselling author and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective, where he studies the science of peak performance. Public Release: Oct 27. Members have access now.Join us. Most of us have felt it. Hours disappear, everything else fades away, and the work seems to do itself. But what’s actually happening…
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Decades of work helped establish a refuge for these birds along the Argentinean coast — the largest and last colony of its kind. But their future remains precarious.
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Indian Arts Center in Laguna, New Mexico
Just outside Albuquerque along historic Route 66, sits an unassuming, albeit colorful little building. Adorned with paintings of Native women and traditional pottery, the Indian Arts Center offers an array of local pottery, textiles, jewelry, and other handcrafted goods from Laguna Pueblo artists. For a taste of traditional Native American fare, ask owner Dominick Quiroz to serve up a freshly made Indian taco or an order of fluffy Fry Bread with a choice of sugary toppings. The center was established in 1999 by Quiroz’s father with a mission to preserve and celebrate the rich culture of the Laguna Pueblo people, a federally recognized Native American tribe. Long before Spanish colonizers gave the pueblo the name “Laguna”, meaning “little lake,” the natives called themselves the Kawaika, or “lake people.” In 2023, the center received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, a testament to its longstanding commitment to preserving Laguna Pueblo culture and sharing its
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Why your protein powder costs so much more now. Back in 2018, I wrote a guide to chugging whey as a cheap, low-hassle way to hit your protein goals. Whey protein is still a low-hassle way to hit your protein goals, but it ain’t cheap anymore. Oliver Bateman at Men’s Health noticed the same thing.…
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Traction!
Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars - by Jennifer R Vail Read on Aeon
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