Author: Justin N. Poythress

  • May 16, 2024
    There are plenty of mistakes you can quietly go about fixing yourself. But when your error involves a promise or…
  • May 2, 2024
    Try to remember—what used to happen when you got bored? What have we lost, exactly? The underlying catastrophe is the…
  • April 18, 2024
    Adultery is more like trying to get your summer tan in a single sunscreenless day at the beach.
  • April 11, 2024
    Questions of value lead us to constantly look for something bigger, better and more lasting.
  • April 4, 2024
    An hour later, lost and mudstained, you wonder how you got there in the first place. You don’t remember ever…
  • March 21, 2024
    The violent man is like a dragon sleeping on his horde of treasure—never able to use it, and never happy…
  • March 7, 2024
    Most of the time, living with integrity turns out pretty well. Usually, illegal arms dealers do not live long, blissful…
  • February 29, 2024
    I don’t know a single person who needs to be convinced about the importance of politics, or the perks of…
  • February 22, 2024
    don’t have a chicken coop or an imposing beard. I’ve never been hunting. I can barely keep succulents alive. I…
  • February 8, 2024
    We do not naturally possess wisdom. Left to your own devices, you are not in good hands. There is something…