Archive - Disaffected Newsletter

We do have an empathy problem

It's just not the one we think we have

1 hr ago •

The Transgender Tipping Point

Episode 238, August 31, 2025

Sep 1 •

August 2025

"New Normal" at Best Buy

Short vignette from last night.

Aug 31 •

You'll be surprised

to find how free you can be

Aug 29 •

Just leave it alone

for pete's sake

Aug 28 •

It's not about Cracker Barrel

Nutritional Facts: This introduction contains more word calories than the main dish essay, but the entire post serves one.

Aug 27 •

When motion pictures were real

Color, charm, individuality, and soul, are being drained from our culture, and from the built world around us.

Aug 27 •

The earth keeps moving under my feet

I bet it’s like this for a lot of you, too.

Aug 26 •

Prevalence: The Death of Conscientiousness

Episode 237, August 25, 2025

Aug 24 •

Insult through implication, and lying about it

There is a pervasive form of lying today that has been normalized.

Aug 24 •

Musical Interlude, August 24, 2025

Electric Light Orchestra

Aug 24 •

My mother finally contacted me

I tell you this to stiffen your spine if, like me, you have a personality disordered psychiatric wreck for a parent like I do.

Aug 23 •

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