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SWITCHBACKS // SUE MINCASTER // GETTING PAST MEMES
SWITCHBACKS // SUE MINCASTER // GETTING PAST MEMES
SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 2025Sue Muncaster, 7.2, Excerpt
ESSAY // MAURY GILES OF BRAVER ANGELS // DISAGREEING WITH DIGNITY
ESSAY // MAURY GILES OF BRAVER ANGELS // DISAGREEING WITH DIGNITY
EssayHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Maury Giles, Excerpt
INTERVIEW // GRAHAM FRANCIOSE ON LOSING EVERYTHING AND STARTING OVER
INTERVIEW // GRAHAM FRANCIOSE ON LOSING EVERYTHING AND STARTING OVER
InterviewHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Graham Francoise, Excerpt
ARTIST PROCESS // KATHLEEN STUDEBAKER // PREPARING FOR THE APOCALYPSE
ARTIST PROCESS // KATHLEEN STUDEBAKER // PREPARING FOR THE APOCALYPSE
Artist ProcessHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Kathleen Studebaker, Excerpt
CULTURE ARCHIVES // JOHN MUIR // THE STRENGTH OF TREES
CULTURE ARCHIVES // JOHN MUIR // THE STRENGTH OF TREES
Culture FilesHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Excerpt, John Muir
ESSAY // DEVON SCANLON // WHAT WE KEEP
ESSAY // DEVON SCANLON // WHAT WE KEEP
EssayHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Devin Scanlon, Excerpt
FOUNDER PROFILE // LAUREN LEONARD PROFILES CHRISTINE COX OF BALLETX
FOUNDER PROFILE // LAUREN LEONARD PROFILES CHRISTINE COX OF BALLETX
Founder ProfileHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Lauren Earline Leonard, Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // AMERICAN WOLF
BOOKS & CULTURE // AMERICAN WOLF
BooksHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // TINICUM & EASTWICK // A TALE OF TWO CITIES
BOOKS & CULTURE // TINICUM & EASTWICK // A TALE OF TWO CITIES
BooksHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // YOROM HAZONY'S CONSERVATISM: A REDISCOVERY
BOOKS & CULTURE // YOROM HAZONY'S CONSERVATISM: A REDISCOVERY
BooksHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Excerpt
REGIONAL INTEREST // THE PHILADELPHIA ETHICAL SOCIETY'S CAMP LINDEN
REGIONAL INTEREST // THE PHILADELPHIA ETHICAL SOCIETY'S CAMP LINDEN
Regional InterestHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // LOCAL ACTION COULD KEEP BIG TECH IN CHECK
OPENING SALVO // LOCAL ACTION COULD KEEP BIG TECH IN CHECK
Opening SalvoHeather BlakesleeNovember 13, 20257.2, Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Excerpt
CULTURE FILES // JULIA WALD // WHY YOU'RE THINKING OF THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION ALL WRONG
CULTURE FILES // JULIA WALD // WHY YOU'RE THINKING OF THE CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION ALL WRONG
Beautiful Future, Commentary, Culture Files, Discourse, Essay, IdeaHeather BlakesleeOctober 31, 2025Julia Wald, 7.2
CULTURE FILES //  HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE  // AGAINST SELF CENSORSHIP IN THE ARTS
CULTURE FILES // HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE // AGAINST SELF CENSORSHIP IN THE ARTS
Culture FIles, Beautiful FutureHeather BlakesleeOctober 31, 20256.2, Heather Shayne Blakeslee
BOOKS // GREG THOMAS ON RETHINKING RACE
BOOKS // GREG THOMAS ON RETHINKING RACE
Books, Beautiful FutureHeather BlakesleeOctober 31, 20256.2
ESSAY // JOHN WOOD, JR. // AMERICA, RECONCILED
ESSAY // JOHN WOOD, JR. // AMERICA, RECONCILED

John Wood, Jr., a national advocate for racial and political reconciliation, asks us to pull back from the precipice of our divided nation, and use nonviolence as our guide.

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Art & Ideas, Essay, Beautiful Future, BF - Social FabricHeather BlakesleeSeptember 14, 2025John Wood Jr., 6.2
ESSAY // NICO PERRINO // THE FUTURE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT
ESSAY // NICO PERRINO // THE FUTURE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

FIRE’S Nico Perrino argues that reaching for censorship during periods of unrest is common… So is the regret that follows.

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Art & Ideas, Essay, Beautiful Future, BF - ValuesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 14, 2025Nico Perrino, 6.2
ESSAY // ANGEL EDUARDO // THE CASUALTIES OF THE CULTURE WAR
ESSAY // ANGEL EDUARDO // THE CASUALTIES OF THE CULTURE WAR

Artist and free speech advocate Angel Eduardo from FIRE and FAIR encourages artist to lay down their arms in the culture war and remember to make great art.

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Art & Ideas, Essay, Beautiful Future, BF - ValuesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 14, 20254.3, Angel Eduardo, 5.2
ESSAY // HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE // WE ARE ALL FOUNDERS
ESSAY // HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE // WE ARE ALL FOUNDERS

Our young country is an experiment, and we are all founders, responsible for its direction and stewardship. What do we want the next 250 years to be?

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Art & Ideas, EssayHeather BlakesleeSeptember 14, 20254.3, Heather Shayne Blakeslee
SWITCHBACKS // MILES COULAHAN // RETURNING TO DUST
SWITCHBACKS // MILES COULAHAN // RETURNING TO DUST

A young American asks: Should I have stayed in my hometown? What does it mean to be part of a community, and where do we go from here?

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Switchbacks, Beautiful Future, BF - Social FabricHeather BlakesleeSeptember 14, 2025Heather Shayne Blakeslee, 5.2
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