Category: Current Affairs
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You can find out what I’m up to in near real-time via BlueSky (@sdholden.bsky.social). Also on Facebook (sholden) & Instagram (@sholden). Significantly less on X/Twitter (@sholden).
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I am really enjoying getting news analysis from Christianity Today’s The Bulletin Podcast (Apple Podcasts, Substack Updates). There recent coverage of the big news stories has been very helpful in understanding these events, and they also cover many pressing less covered news events and issues. The Russell Moore Show is…
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Since 2003 I’ve been using Typepad for my blog hosting site and for many of my side-projects, podcasts, and reference sites. Now that Typepad is going to shut down at the end of September 2025, I have moved all those sites to WordPress and making this my main site and…
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I recently learned that one of the authors of The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living — Ryan Holiday — had his Naval Academy lecture cancelled: For the last five years, I've been reading this book as part of my daily morning devotion practice…
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This article offers a wealth of valuable resources, including "20 Helpful Verification Tools for Journalists."
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A thoughtful and well-researched analysis of the question: What if FEMA* didn't exist? *FEMA = Federal Emergency Management Agency: Official Site Wikipedia
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This Freakanomics podcast, "Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System," is worth listening to if you want some great background on the current state of our National Debt and some suggestions on fixing tax policies.
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Brian Krebs's article "How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack" is thoughtful and well-documented.
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The Search Engine podcast does a great job tackling this topic in the episode "The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber." I ordered one and will post a review and photos once I get it.
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Since many seem to be fast and loose about facts concerning Ukraine & American Foreign Policy, here are a few facts from the podcast "The Bulletin – Gimme Some Truth" & "The Bulletin – Acts Of Man" from Christianity Today: Russia started the war by invading Ukraine. The Russian leadership…
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