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Our Era Is Not “Post-Truth,” It’s “Loyalty-First”

On September 7, 2025September 8, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn Words to the WiseLeave a comment

In the history of truth, questions of loyalty came before questions of accuracy. In our current cultural moment, questions of loyalty seem to be ascending again, with some potentially dire consequences.

Keep Bending Toward Justice and Truth

On August 4, 2019January 16, 2021 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

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