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Dan Sinker

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Dan Sinker's essays on politics, culture, technology, writing, and life.

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  • What If We Just Stopped? #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Sep 23, 2026

  • Fight Night #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Jun 12, 2026

  • Foundational Texts: Puzzle Pieces #Culture #Writing #Essays

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    Jun 1, 2026

  • It's Not Done #Culture #Essays #Life

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    May 24, 2026

  • The Zombie Revival of Dead Confederates #History #Culture #Politics

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    May 19, 2026

  • A pep talk in the face of despair (or: trying redux) #Culture #Life #Writing

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    May 14, 2026

  • Foundational Texts: Forks and Branches #Culture #Writing #Essays

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    Apr 30, 2026

  • A Short Post In Defense of Libraries #Libraries #Culture #Writing

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    Apr 24, 2026

  • A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today #Culture #History #Politics

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    Apr 17, 2026

  • Foundational Texts: Raised by the Channel Five News Team #Culture #Media #Writing

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • Porous Barriers That Divide Then From Now #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Mar 24, 2026

  • Record for tomorrow the stories that today's victors would prefer we forget #Culture #History #Writing

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    Mar 15, 2026

  • Foundational Texts: Goonies Never Say Die #Culture #Essays #Media

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    Feb 28, 2026

  • On Joy and Resistance #Culture #Politics #Philosophy

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    Feb 22, 2026

  • Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins #Culture #Essays #Writing

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    Feb 8, 2026

  • Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms #Art #Culture #Essays

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    Jan 31, 2026

  • We Are All We Have #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Jan 21, 2026

  • Strength and Hope Amid the Year's Cold Start #Culture #Writing #Life

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    Jan 12, 2026

  • 2025: The Exit Interview #Culture #Reflection #YearInReview

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    Dec 31, 2025

  • I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Dec 24, 2025

  • A note in defense of Doing The Work, written on the shortest day of the longest year #Culture #Writing #Reflection

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    Dec 21, 2025

  • Announcing the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism #Journalism #Awards #Culture

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    Dec 15, 2025

  • 'Tis the season or whatever - some more gifts, this time from me #Culture #Personal #Writing

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    Dec 7, 2025

  • All Rad, No Bad #Culture #Life #Essays

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    Nov 29, 2025

  • Whistle Up #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Nov 21, 2025

  • The Pugilist at Rest #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Nov 14, 2025

  • Ghosts in the Graveyard #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Nov 5, 2025

  • Halloween a Hundred Years Ago #History #Culture #Tradition

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    Oct 30, 2025

  • What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October #Culture #Politics #Writing

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    Oct 24, 2025

  • A Brilliant Mistake #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Oct 16, 2025

  • I'm Writing a Book! #Writing #Books #Culture

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    Oct 8, 2025

  • The Fog of War #Culture #Politics #Essays

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    Oct 3, 2025

  • Disasters, Invisible and Visible #Culture #Politics #Essays

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    Sep 26, 2025

  • The Good Things #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Sep 15, 2025

  • A Benediction for Chicago on the Eve of Occupation #Culture #Politics #Essays

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    Sep 5, 2025

  • The Amazing Art of the Video Game Marquee #Gaming #Art #Culture

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    Aug 1, 2025

  • Six Scenes of Hulk Hogan, in Reverse #Culture #Essays #Media

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    Jul 25, 2025

  • A Visit With The Stamp King #Culture #Essays #Life

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    Jul 18, 2025

  • Three Escapes #Essays #Culture #Life

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    Jul 11, 2025

  • Gathering Grief #Grief #Culture #Essays

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