Dr. Small Talk
Suzanne SchneiderA bi-weekly newsletter about all the topics my mother banned from the dinner table.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 51 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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South Dakota Diary
Chamberlain, SD
I left home twenty-five years ago and haven’t been back for twelve. The combination of having young children and the pain of getting to Chamberlain, S.D. (population 2473, 140 miles west of the nearest regional airport), me...
A defense of "useless" education
I am trying to not begin every post with an apology, and yet: I’ve been largely absent from this space over the past several months, for reasons I will now explain more fully. In January I was asked to assume the role of Interim Executive D...
Dr. Small Talk About Town
Dear Readers, I’m writing against the backdrop of a madman in the White House making genocidal threats against one of the world’s oldest civilizations — a petulant man-child who—when confronted with the limits of his power to topple the Ira...
From D.C. to Tehran, a violent politics of spectacle
I am setting aside some time to put down my initial thoughts about the war in Iran and really, the entire Middle East.
USS Winston S. Churchill fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) during Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. N...
"Kristi Noem is a Bird-legged Ho"
Earlier this week I stumbled across a new genre of videos on social media: people from every walk of life and various AI creations dancing to Chelsea Gods’ insanely catchy tune, “Bird-Legged Ho” - the lyrics of which are “Kristi Noem is a b...
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