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There was a time when citizenship was considered a birthright or a hard-won legal status; an identity rooted in history, geography, and a shared sense of belonging. But that time is slipping away. These days, citizenship is starting to feel less like a civic contract and more like a subscription service, automatically renewed unless you

I have never been much fond of wrapping paper. It is a dishonest sort of thing. Like society’s expectations, it hides what is real behind something frantically decorative and almost always discarded. No sooner have we torn into the crinkled armor than we are met with another trinket, another object destined for a shelf, a

To truly consider the nature of man is to look steadily into the heart of contradiction. From a very young age, we are trained to hope; hope for progress, for enlightenment, for peace. But when we remove the veil of illusion and look not at the polished words but at the actions of men and

The Community Service Network is a gathering place for organizations and individuals committed to helping those in our community who need it most. Each of us brings our own passions and missions—and that’s a strength. But when we come together, we can multiply our impact. Join the Community Service Network to connect, plan, strategize, share, and collaborate with others equally dedicated to serving our neighbors. Together, we can accomplish far more than any of us could alone.

I recently overheard a phrase that stuck with me like a splinter: “Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.” It was said casually, maybe even defensively, as if being enterprising had become some sort of modern affliction, like ambition was a pyramid scheme. But it made me pause. Because once upon a time (not so

A review of “Mania: How Societies Go Crazy” by Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver has never been one to avoid uncomfortable subjects. Whether skewering the politics of identity or plumbing the darker corners of family life, her fiction is often a mirror tilted at an angle, reflecting our culture not as we wish it were, but

By all outward appearances, we live in a society that prizes independence, ambition, and the self-made person. We celebrate entrepreneurs who built something from nothing, we cheer athletes who rise from obscurity to fame, and we revere stories of personal transformation. But behind this cultural ideal lies a quieter, less visible divide; one that doesn't

A man ought to have a good pocket watch. My grandfather told me that once while his wooden leg squeaked against the old pine boards of the porch swing, the other leg still good enough to push, slow and steady, like the rhythm of a lullaby you’d forgotten you knew. He said it with the

There are truths that can only be revealed through suffering, and among them is this: in hard times, the soul of a people is laid bare. The illusion of separateness, so cunningly woven in times of ease, begins to fray at the edges when real need presses in. What is comfort but a veil that