Welcome!
My name is Steve Skojec. I’m a writer, commentator, and meaning-seeker trying to make sense of how we stay human in a technologically-driven, ever-accelerating world.
I’m also a separated father trying to figure out how to navigate a future where being with my family — the central organizing principle of my reality for the past two decades — is no longer part of my every day life.
I’ve been writing professionally for nearly two decades. I founded the Catholic commentary site OnePeterFive and served as its principal contributor and managing editor for 7 years — until my faith came apart and I began a complex process of personal deconstruction.
I’ve written thousands of essays, articles, and reflections, and my work and thought have appeared in my own publications as well as a number of mainstream outlets you’ve probably heard of.
Here are a few of the places I’ve been interviewed or had my work featured: Fox News, NBC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, USA Today, Huffington Post Live, The Washington Times, CatholicVote, EWTN, and Crisis Magazine.
What Is The Skojec File?
The Skojec File is a deeply personal project where I try to make sense out of my experience of a world that just frankly doesn’t anymore. Most of my reflections are written through a first-person lens, but I believe they have much broader relevance than my own attempts at sensemaking.
Because when it comes right down to it, we’re all going through many of the same challenges.
In these pages, you’ll find essays reflecting on these questions and related discoveries, and my pursuit of beauty and truth in the midst of chaos, confusion, and suffering. My interests are eclectic, ranging from culture to geopolitics to tech’s intersection with society to UAPs, and I still offer the occasional religious reflection from the perspective of a former-but-still adjacent Catholic agnostic who prays daily to a God he’s not even sure about.
You’ll also find episode links to my growing podcast, Monitoring the Situation, which I co-host with my best friend and fellow meaning-seeker Kale Zelden, where we talk about all the topics mentioned here and more.
What You Get as a Subscriber:
A free subscription gets you all public essays and commentary — in your inbox and on the site.
To give you an idea of what you’ll find here, check out my Start Here! page.
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Paid isn’t a second magazine. It’s closer to the work:
Full access to all paywalled articles and content
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Author audio narration of selected essays
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The complete TSF archives, including our most popular posts
Occasional deeper / subscriber-only pieces
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Writing is how I make my living. If the free work matters to you, paid is how it stays possible.
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