The world doesn’t feel chaotic on its own. It feels chaotic when identity assumes responsibility for what was never controllable.
Macaulay Culkin weighed in on the annual Die Hard debate, dismissing it as a Christmas movie and jokingly naming himself the “godfather of Christmas” based on his role in Home Alone. It was a funny moment—but it also revealed something more interesting about how nostalgia, ego, and past roles quietly get mistaken for authority. This isn’t really about Die Hard. It’s about who we think gets to...
Recontextualizing celebrity “conversions” in an age of death anxiety In the aftermath of public tragedy, something familiar happens. A sudden death.A violent event.A reminder that life is fragile and uncontrollable. And almost immediately, the stories appear. Celebrities “finding Christ.”Public figures announcing faith.Influencers declaring certainty about God, morality, and the afterlife. The...