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Duffel BloghumorSep 11, 2026

Nation marks quarter-century of war, conspiracies, remembrance and extremely normal behavior

Mere Orthodoxyfaith-familySep 11, 2026

We’re today’s Roman emperors, declaring ourselves gods. It’s going about as well for us as it did for folks like Nero.

Art of ManlinesscultureSep 11, 2026

Launching the redesign of the Art of Manliness has gotten me thinking about our history, and how my understanding of manliness has evolved, deepened, and changed over that nearly two-decade-long span. The idea for the Art of Manliness came to me in a Borders (RIP) bookstore. As I browsed their selection of men’s magazines, I […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.

BBC WorldnewsSep 11, 2026

Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.

City JournalcultureSep 11, 2026

A new book, engaging in its historical detail, castigates the city’s supposed neoliberal austerity—but offers no credible alternative path.

The DispatchnewsSep 11, 2026

J.D. Vance makes his pitch to the anti-war right.

Tim Challiesfaith-familySep 11, 2026

A review of Alistair Begg’s We Will Be Changed, an exposition of the fruit of the Spirit—essential character that is produced in us but not by us. See Also Free Stuff Fridays (Holman Reference) A La Carte (8/17) A La Carte (3/21)

NPR World NewsnewsSep 11, 2026

It's been nearly 25 years since the start of the U.S- led invasion of Afghanistan. NPR returns to Kabul to see how Afghans, now back under Taliban rule, are coping with the legacy of that 20 year war.

Fatherlyfaith-familySep 10, 2026

The former Bachelor star and now co-hose of Age of Attraction and The Viall Files co-host (with his wife, Natalie Joy Viall is now a dad of three — including infant twins. Here's how it's going.

AeoncultureSep 11, 2026

The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way - by Mariam Sabri Read on Aeon

AxiosnewsSep 11, 2026

The record price of diesel threatens to stoke inflation at a time when consumers are already price-sensitive and businesses are reeling from higher costs due to trade tensions. Why it matters: Diesel is a key cost throughout the supply chain, meaning soaring prices could eventually show up in what consumers pay for everything from groceries to household goods. Driving the news: The national average price of a gallon of diesel topped $6 for the first time ever, AAA said Friday, Axios' Ben Berkowitz reports. That's up 60% from a year earlier. Between the lines: Food prices could be among the first places consumers feel the ripple effects, executives said this week. At grocery chain Kroger, which has been trying to keep a lid on prices: "I would expect that the pressure is actually going to mount," CEO Greg Foran said Friday on an earnings call. At pork producer Smithfield Foods: "That impact is beginning to flow through in the second half of the year," CFO Mark Hall said Thursday. A

Art of ManlinesscultureSep 11, 2026

Every five years or so, Kate and I get the itch to redesign the Art of Manliness. I don’t fully know where it comes from. After eighteen years of running this site, our tastes change, our sense of what AoM is about changes, and at some point an old design stops fitting the idea we’ve […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.

Not The BeenewsSep 11, 2026

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Popular SciencenewsSep 11, 2026

Called knapping, the skilled process dates back thousands of years. The post Yosemite National Park highlights Indigenous arrowhead crafting appeared first on Popular Science.

SmithsoniannewsSep 11, 2026

Weighing a combined ten pounds, the artifacts are estimated to be 1,000 years old and constitute Finland’s largest coin hoard of the era

Farnam StreetcultureSep 10, 2026

Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins Shane Parrish to discuss AI agents, better decision-making, and the future of work. He explains how he uses an AI council to examine his hardest decisions and why taste, judgment, and responsibility become more valuable as AI becomes more capable. They go inside Shopify’s work with River, an … The post Tobi Lütke: AI Agents, Better Decisions, and the Future of Work appeared first on Farnam Street.

City JournalcultureSep 11, 2026

If workers won’t choose unions, Big Labor increasingly wants government to choose for them.

Mere Orthodoxyfaith-familySep 10, 2026

What does it mean to “taste and see that the Lord is good?” It may be reflected in dying like my grandmother, without a bitter taste in the mouth.

BBC WorldnewsSep 11, 2026

Denise Cosco testified against the powerful 'Ndrangheta clan and her own father over the murder of her mother in Italy.

AeoncultureSep 10, 2026

Saffron and ostrich liver were prescribed but so were exercise, gardens, animals, socialising, and music - by Katherine Harvey Read on Aeon