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What Must Be Done and What You Can Do
If ICE is allowed to grow as currently budgeted, more people like Renee Good will die and we won’t have a fair 2026 election. Here’s what you can do.
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In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks
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The Age of Antinomianism
Defying the law in the name of something greater
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What Must Be Done and What You Can Do
If ICE is allowed to grow as currently budgeted, more people like Renee Good will die and we won’t have a fair 2026 election. Here’s what you can do.
Jan 12
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2025 Fears vs. Realities
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Dec 30, 2025
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The Age of Antinomianism
Defying the law in the name of something greater
Dec 10, 2025
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Universalizing Personal Experience into Cultural Critique
Your personal solution to the Meaning Crisis is not the objectively right solution for everyone.
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3 ½ Things You Haven't Yet Read About the Epstein Files
Including the truth of QAnon, the essence of immorality, and a newly infamous act of fellatio.
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Spiritual Lessons of the 2025 Election
Including epistemic humility, complex seeing, multivalence, and engaged equanimity
Nov 7, 2025
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
Ethnonationalist Garbage vs. Six Flags Great Adventure
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How Did We Get Here?
What led us to a world in which pastors get pepper-sprayed in the face?
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In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks
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Does Mysticism Prove the Existence of God?
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The Closest Thing I Have to Optimism
On better days, I conceive of the global rise in nationalist authoritarianism as an inevitable counter-movement in the dialectic of world history.
Jul 17, 2025
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Taking Psychedelic Spiritualities (More) Seriously
The release of a long-awaited study on psychedelics and religion ought to prompt new questions, not old cliches.
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What’s unnerving about AI isn’t how it’s unlike us, but how it's like us.
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Religion with a lower-case r
A great remedy for the meaning crisis that few people seem to want.
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Rage defines our moment, and righteous indignation can be motivating. But what about when our anger becomes destructive or debilitating?
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No, I’m Not F—ing Inured to This!
When an authoritarian's minions deny the legitimacy of judges, it's not the same old Trump bullshit.
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
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Heated Rivalry's Closet and Mine
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My Favorite Music, Film, and TV of 2025
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