New and Old #273

To leave or to die in your home, the curious technology behind a video game soundtrack, and two angles on Anglicanism

The death house, We Can Have Nice Things, Stephanie Nakhleh, March 10, 2026

Somehow, weirdly, the single-family home has morphed from a place to raise kids into a place to die. It has become the death house.

“I’ll only leave this house feet first.”

You’ve probably heard this phrase. Maybe your dad said it. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. Empty nesters, still living in the b…