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Confessions of a Reluctant Culture Warrior

Feature Article by , December 20, 2014

Top Stories of the Year: #3 For most of my career as a writer, I have been reluctant to join in the “culture wars,” mostly because I don’t fit into either of the two opposing camps. As an atheist, I’m not longing for a return to traditional religious morality. As an individualist, I’ve never supported […]

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What I Learned from the Geeks

Feature Article by , September 24, 2014

You know how old I am? I’m so old I can remember when “geek” was still an insult. Today, of course, it’s a boast. It has become cool to be a geek, precisely because so many people who had that insult thrown at them went on to do big, important things—and generate billion-dollar fortunes along […]

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