It's time to bring back the phone call Apparently, Gen-Z is plagued with a strange disease called telephobia, the fear of answering the phone. This is a phobia born and bred by our generation’s social-media-induced social awkwardness, and perhaps a bit of pandemic-era social isolation. I wonder exactly when this disease began to spread. I can recall my euphoric reaction upon receiving my first-ever technological device, the iPad mini, which was to last me many years, many inane text...

Maybe it's not possible Earlier this year, when Trump was asked by The New York Times  whether there were any limits on his global powers, he answered: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” This hyperindividualistic approach to global politics appears entirely divorced from conventional Christian morality. There is meant to be a universal arbiter of right and wrong who presides over us all from on high, but I don’t think Michelangelo...

Maybe the age of the status-symbol boyfriend has finally passed Last week, British Vogue  declared having a boyfriend to be “quite culturally loser-ish.” This is quite a departure from the playground days of protesting that you did indeed have a boyfriend, he just “went to another school.” In my teens, having a boyfriend was the ultimate status symbol. Those lucky enough to have one would parade him around like a trophy, taking him to parties and relentlessly posting soppy month-aversary...