Buc-ee's and The Infinite American SpiritAug 27
how a gas station megachain with palatial bathrooms, beef jerky walls, and neverending merchandise became a cultish American spectacle
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It's Time to Talk About America's Disorder Problem
violent crime is down, but our cities still feel lawless. here’s what we can do about it.
Charles Fain Lehman
Mar 7, 2025
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal. Today in Pirate Wires, he examines the causes of American disorder — retail theft, unsheltered homelessness, and visible disarray across U.S. cities. Disorder is more insidious than violent crime, harder to track, and possibly more taboo to discuss. Solutions exist. We just need to implement them.
This piece was originally published in Charles' Substack, The Causal Fallacy.
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The Rot Inside Legacy Media Is the Rot Inside Us AllAug 25
i was a noble investigative reporter until a venture capitalist woke me up to the matrix
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Inside the Furry War Playing Out on BlueskyAug 22
anthropomorphic tigers and "puppygirl shock collars" are flooding (some) bluesky users' feeds — and people are starting to push back, signaling a larger vibe shift on the platform
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