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'Love this miraculous world that we did not make, that is a gift to us'
Greetings, Friends.
Aug 16
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Whitney McKnight
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Cycles of grief in a time of greed
A culture of death can only mean more death
Aug 9
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Whitney McKnight
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July 2026
Molly Ivins did say that
And she correctly predicted that Texas-style politics would become America's politics
Jul 26
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Whitney McKnight
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Brooklyn
Based on Irish novelist Colm Toíbín's novel, the movie is a quiet, classic American story about rising above one's self to become authentic, and a…
Jul 19
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Whitney McKnight
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What I did and am still doing during my Great American Staycation
A tour through this American life by way of what I'm doing, eating, watching, reading, and listening to
Jul 3
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June 2026
The go-to American monk might not have thought what you think he thought
Some uncommon insights on Thomas Merton
Jun 15
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Whitney McKnight
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Taming beastly civilizations with schism
Which has nothing to do with marsupials
Jun 8
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Whitney McKnight
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Ours! Ours! Ours!
Being discharged from the hospital put me in mind to despair the jovial but utterly dumb face of rapaciousness
Jun 1
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Whitney McKnight
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May 2026
Your heart is exploding, dumb ass
Greetings, Friends.
May 24
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Whitney McKnight
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Madness and the Political Divide: a new book by psychiatrist, Allen Dyer, MD
Why do we allow ourselves to be divided by strong men?
May 11
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Whitney McKnight
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44:30
Why...?
When I was ten years old I somehow ended up in a summer camp for creative writing held at Magsig Middle School in Centerville, Ohio.
May 6
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Whitney McKnight
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Two murders, few answers
How do I meet this moment?
May 3
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Whitney McKnight
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