Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff No matter how many times I think we’ve reached the bottom of the Dumb barrel in American politics, someone like Pete Hegseth comes and says, “Hold my scrapin’ ladle.” Formerly...
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Switching Geertz
How I dismantled my kids’ enjoyment of the ‘6-7’ phenomenon By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I often pity my kids. They have a lot to deal with that I didn’t when I was their age,...
Hoisted by their own dotard
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In Act 3 of Hamlet, the titular character has been acting mad to throw off suspicion that he knows his uncle Claudius murdered his father and married his mother. Claudius...
Growing up in a climate of fear
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff At 10 years old, in the city of love and lights, I stood at the feet of the Eiffel Tower and looked warily around at the crowd. My mom...
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By Ben Olson Reader Staff When I brought the Reader back into publication in January 2015 after two and a half years out of print, I was hopeful for our future, but had no...
