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How to Deal with all this Anger
Rage defines our moment, and righteous indignation can be motivating. But what about when our anger becomes destructive or debilitating?
Oct 30
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
Ethnonationalist Garbage vs. Six Flags Great Adventure
Oct 22
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How Did We Get Here?
What led us to a world in which pastors get pepper-sprayed in the face?
Oct 14
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The Most Important Sentence Donald Trump Has Ever Said
Feb 19
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Bari Weiss’s Remarkably Successful Shell Game
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The Messiah of Nihilism
Jan 25, 2024
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The Fight for the Rule of Law is On
Feb 5
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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
Sep 11
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A Surprising Inauguration Day Emotion
Jan 20
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Are We All Conspiracy Theorists Now?
When questioning the right-wing conspiracy theory about a left-wing conspiracy sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory.
Oct 6
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Yom Kippur and Nonduality
Forgiveness, in a nondual perspective, is about seeing clearly. Everyone is doing the best they can — if they could do better, they would.
Sep 29
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Jay Michaelson
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Does Anything You're Doing Matter?
And does it matter if it doesn't?
Sep 25
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
Ethnonationalist Garbage vs. Six Flags Great Adventure
Oct 22
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Jay Michaelson
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How Did We Get Here?
What led us to a world in which pastors get pepper-sprayed in the face?
Oct 14
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Jay Michaelson
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Are We All Conspiracy Theorists Now?
When questioning the right-wing conspiracy theory about a left-wing conspiracy sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory.
Oct 6
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Jay Michaelson
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Do Republicans Know They’re Lying?
Charlie Kirk's murder has become the Right's latest Reichstag Fire -- a false pretext for silencing political opponents.
Sep 17
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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
To understand Charlie Kirk's political legacy, one must understand his religious beliefs.
Sep 11
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Jay Michaelson
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Bari Weiss’s Remarkably Successful Shell Game
The Right's favorite reactionary centrist prepares to take over a major news organization.
Sep 5
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Why You (Yes, You) Should Care About the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal
The practical, liberal, and ethical cases for not letting this story wither on the vine of short attention spans.
Aug 8
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How to Steal the 2026 Election
Here is what I think will happen.
Jul 25
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Psychedelics
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Does Mysticism Prove the Existence of God?
Welcome to our new subscriber-only series: Inflection Points.
Aug 28
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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
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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.
May 23
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The Religious Functions of Psychedelics
A dispatch from the first-ever conference on psychedelics and monotheistic traditions
Mar 14
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Jay Michaelson
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Spirituality & Meditation
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How to Deal with all this Anger
Rage defines our moment, and righteous indignation can be motivating. But what about when our anger becomes destructive or debilitating?
Oct 30
•
Jay Michaelson
18
Yom Kippur and Nonduality
Forgiveness, in a nondual perspective, is about seeing clearly. Everyone is doing the best they can — if they could do better, they would.
Sep 29
•
Jay Michaelson
21
6
Does Anything You're Doing Matter?
And does it matter if it doesn't?
Sep 25
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Jay Michaelson
57
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Does Mysticism Prove the Existence of God?
Welcome to our new subscriber-only series: Inflection Points.
Aug 28
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Jay Michaelson
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How to Steal the 2026 Election
Here is what I think will happen.
Jul 25
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Jay Michaelson
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What Makes Us Cruel or Kind?
A question I have wrestled with for thirty years and completely failed to answer.
Jun 26
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Reflections after maybe almost dying
I'm a little surprised to be here.
Jun 11
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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.
Jun 4
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Eyes Right
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
Ethnonationalist Garbage vs. Six Flags Great Adventure
Oct 22
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Jay Michaelson
37
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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
To understand Charlie Kirk's political legacy, one must understand his religious beliefs.
Sep 11
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Jay Michaelson
103
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Bari Weiss’s Remarkably Successful Shell Game
The Right's favorite reactionary centrist prepares to take over a major news organization.
Sep 5
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Jay Michaelson
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The Postliberal Hatred of America
The new religious extremism behind the attacks on liberal society and higher education. Second in a series.
May 28
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Why a ‘Meditation Rabbi’ is Watching Horror Films
In 2025, catharsis takes a little more energy.
Aug 20
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Jay Michaelson
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Nick Drake is Just in Time
Beautiful, tragic music for a melancholy, tragic summer
Jul 29
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Andor and the Banality of Totalitarianism
The psychologies of complicity and resistance -- a parable for our times.
Apr 30
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Kinds of Kindness is a Great Film About the Psychological Roots of Fascism
Which I found perversely comforting.
Jul 9, 2024
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Jay Michaelson
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