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The "Relaxing" Game of Torture: A Trojan Horse in Our Children’s Pockets
As parents, we often worry about how much time our children spend on screens. But today, I am sounding the alarm on something far more insidious: what is happening on those screens. I recently came across a mobile game that left me baffled and deeply disturbed. It is titled "Kick the Buddy." The description—displayed proudly in the App Store—calls it a "fun relaxing game of torture." Read that again. "Relaxing game of torture." Since when did "torture" become a method of r
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Sonu
A dear friend’s mother left this earth in September 2025, just as the autumn leaves began to turn and the chill of winter whispered its arrival. Across all my visits to their home, one word always echoed in my ears: "Sonu." It means "Gold."
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THE OUTLIER
Flight The garage on the northwest side of Chicago was not an engineering lab. It was cold, cluttered, and utterly silent, save for the hum of a 12-year-old girl working a welding torch. While her peers navigated the social hierarchies of middle school, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski was engaged in a two-year negotiation with aerodynamics. She wasn’t building a model; she was constructing a Zenith Zodiac airframe from a kit intended for adult mechanics. By age 14, she didn't just
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