The Obsolete Man

Christianity is supernaturally deep.

A community of lifelong learners pursuing the True, Good, and Beautiful.

come for the cat. stay for the toxoplasmosis.

Stories and ideas for fitting more lovingly and productively into the world.

Christian life, thought, history and culture through the lens of the first 1200 years of sacred art.

I write about almost everything, from personal essay and memoir to fiction to travel essays to politics to book reviews to thoughts on literature to novels and stories and much more.

An esoteric journal on art, literature, and culture in a decadent world.

Trusted by 50K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

A rumination on the collapse of culture on the left. Is it really that bad? Yes, it is really that bad.

Spicy, provocative, occasionally snarky takes on culture, philosophy & digital trends. All signal, no noise. We will never share your email.

Value Investing, Life/Philosophy and Classical Music Explained

Making sense of the New Right. The week's best tweets, threads, video, audio, and longreads -- all in one cozy newsletter.

I used to do a blog called monoblogue, but now my job is to turn that rocky, thorny, and trod-upon soil into ground receptive to the missionary's seed, just like in Matthew 13.

Placing a wedge between space and time.

✱ For those who seek wisdom.

History Homos Podcast

Song and commentary inspired by Goethe's words, "All passing things are but a simile".

A substack that stares into the abyss

Shorter form, standalone content analyzed in the the neoliberal feudalism framework.

A collection of gonzo musings, opinions, and light exploration on culture, both high and low, popular and niche, the individuals that create it, and the beasts that haunt it, among other things.

Laboring in the Age of the Machine

This Substack is a freely available, and searchable, public resource. With written interviews, book summaries, and deep dive conversations.

The Frederick R. Smith blog is the ramblings of an uncommon man in a post-modern world. As a master of few topics, your author desires to give readers a sense of the thoughts of a senior citizen who lived most of his life before the new normal.

I'm a regular human trying to make sense of this crazy clownworld. Let's compare notes and share strategies.

Thoughts on the state of things

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell explores spirituality, survival, metaphysics, media, and the truth. Join us at starfirecodes.com

The Library of Celaeno is a cosmic repository of wisdom located deep in the Taurus Constellation.

Creativity, writing, and the best books I've read and recommend.

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Elite class ritual performance, cultural and political decline, military culture, and the dismal state of American journalism.

Reality reviewer.

The best of McLuhan from the past and the present, for today and tomorrow

Helping the soul ascend through the True, Good, and Beautiful.

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

Histories of the earth and the stars.

A Worldview Repair Service for Broken People.

My personal Substack 1. Wrong Country, a memoir 2. Russian Poets Before and After the Revolution, essays 3. The Russian Arts, essays

Art theory and criticism from a Christian aesthetician

A musing site καλώς ήρθατε! Here I, the most honest lyre this side of Delphi, pass along esoteric truths I have divined from the swirling smoke and shifting shadows. Most portents pertain to politics, culture, and society, but not all...

Occasional meditations on depressing topics.

Federalist Wisdom in a Modern Society

My personal Substack. Occasional posts on popular culture and especially music.

A bit of everything. Mostly books.

Immensurated debt slavery. Note: This is one giant essay; read The Neo-Feudal Review for regular updates.

Exploring the shared upheavals of our era, including technological and cultural change, the ideological revolution consuming the West, the rise of China, and the crisis of liberalism.

This is mostly an ode to sketching; quick pen sketches from life in snatches of time between moments of mothering.

Modern society doesn't make any sense, but why..? Culture, philosophy & lots of book reviews