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View (from the eastern end of 87th Terrace) of the Champlain Towers South apartment building, which partially collapsed in 2021.

Friend, Maybe the gods never cast us out. They opened Eden’s gate, and humanity wandered into the larger garden, mistaking vastness for abandonment. Since then, every generation has asked where Paradise went—while walking straight through it. An essay for my children as they embark upon their adult lives. By Joseph A. Shrager dnaofdisaster.com | July 2, 2026 My children, You…

Falls Road, Belfast: The Garden of Remembrance (Irish: An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin) is a memorial garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland, dedicated to the Irish Republican Army members killed during The Troubles, as well as civilians and deceased ex-prisoners.

On March 20, 2026, an article appeared in the NYT: Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might. I was waiting for this shoe to drop. As a thinker and writer who studies Cultural Monuments and their intersection with society and technology, I knew the pivot to divine purpose was always on the table — I was just waiting for…

Looking at Rod Dreher from my perch in Germany lends me- at least in part- a certain kinship with him. He left the US for Hungary. I left the US for Germany.

Trump has hit it big. Above and beyond megachurch-pastor huge. But his movement is hollow.

I’ve often thought about what the term ‘conservative’ in America actually means. I’ve come to the conclusion that ‘conservative’ in the modern, American sense describes a person or a group of people who want to drag us back in time. They want to put the shackles back on those who aren’t part of their tribe.

I started my deep dive into the “Russkiy Mir,” a term I would describe as the “Russian Sphere of Influence” on 24th February 2023, exactly one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An article in the Financial Times had caught my interest- it was published on the 23rd of February, 2023 entitled: “How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled…

What kept me awake on Friday night: The fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on a Minneapolis street corner represents more than a tragic incident. It reveals a fundamental design failure in how force is being deployed on American streets—a failure with catastrophic potential that is poised to generate more civilian deaths unless rapidly…

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 By Devin Savage I came back to Ohio for the holidays this year, as I do every year to celebrate the holidays with my family. There’s something about returning to the place everyone considers to be ‘home.’ It’s like comfort food- the old routines, old friends, ongoing relationships interrupted by geographic separation and the attention sinkhole…