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"What would it be like to surrender?" - Doctors Without Boredom

This story by Jonathan Parks-Ramage about his encounter with an evangelical church in LA is moving and beautiful: Treat presents a ready-made identity, perfect for those who feel lost. In the months leading up to this service, I spoke with […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"What would it be like to surrender?" - Doctors Without Boredom

This story by Jonathan Parks-Ramage about his encounter with an evangelical church in LA is moving and beautiful: Treat presents a ready-made identity, perfect for those who feel lost. In the months leading up to this service, I spoke with […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

when the plant closes - Doctors Without Boredom

Alec MacGillis has been doing stellar work about some of America’s neglected places, and this piece about a town in Ohio grappling with the imminent closure of a coal-fired power plant is no different: Lee Anderson, director of governmental affairs […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

when the plant closes - Doctors Without Boredom

Alec MacGillis has been doing stellar work about some of America’s neglected places, and this piece about a town in Ohio grappling with the imminent closure of a coal-fired power plant is no different: Lee Anderson, director of governmental affairs […]

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How the Irish Lost Themselves and How They May Find Themselves Again

The British Empire spent centuries trying to destroy Irish lives. Last week the Irish chose to do to themselves what the British could not.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"we don't speak a language, we speak normal!" - Doctors Without Boredom

Our family lived down the road from Shelvis and Nancy Smith-Mather when I worked in South Sudan, and we were enormously blessed to be their neighbors and friends. They, like us, have had to relocate and are now doing peacebuilding […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"we don't speak a language, we speak normal!" - Doctors Without Boredom

Our family lived down the road from Shelvis and Nancy Smith-Mather when I worked in South Sudan, and we were enormously blessed to be their neighbors and friends. They, like us, have had to relocate and are now doing peacebuilding […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

friendship, families, and the celibate - Doctors Without Boredom

I am a bit biased because Wes Hill is a dear friend, but man! This essay of his in Comment about breaking up with a friend and choosing to build deep, intimate friendships with families is so good: I spent my […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

friendship, families, and the celibate - Doctors Without Boredom

I am a bit biased because Wes Hill is a dear friend, but man! This essay of his in Comment about breaking up with a friend and choosing to build deep, intimate friendships with families is so good: I spent my […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

sex robots: not just about sex anymore... or ever! - Doctors Without Boredom

Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

sex robots: not just about sex anymore... or ever! - Doctors Without Boredom

Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?