Author: Justin N. Poythress

  • June 27, 2024
    Patriotic pride rejoices in your piece of a shared vision of the collective good. But what happens when your vision…
  • June 13, 2024
    True wisdom is not hidden in some coded cipher on the back pages of a musty book. She’s clear, visible,…
  • June 6, 2024
    The faster you descend from your mountaintop of success into feelings of failure and self-loathing, the better. That means you’ll…
  • May 30, 2024
    The power comes in her offhanded delivery. At their initial encounter, the subtext is uneasy, electric with forbidenness. But then…
  • 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…