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Travel used to mean something. It used to be curiosity, risk, discovery — stepping into a place you didn’t already understand. Now it feels like half the internet is just trying to convince you they’ve unlocked some secret lifestyle by pointing a camera at a cappuccino or sitting in a hotel they didn’t pay for. Most “travel content” today is advertising. It’s a performance. It’s a curated feed of perfect meals, perfect sunsets, perfect outfits, perfect couples who somehow nev

There’s a version of America you get handed every day without asking for it. The doomscroll version. The outrage version. The algorithm-approved version where everyone’s screaming, no one’s listening, and everything feels like it’s on fire. I don’t buy it. Not because I’m naïve, and not because I think this place is perfect .I don’t. I’m a dad, a veteran, and someone who’s seen enough real life to know the world is complicated, messy, and full of people doing the best they ca

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