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Politics and Spirituality | Circle and Line
Taking a step back to reframe the current psychodynamic moment.
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The Nakedness of the King
We have entered a new phase of madness and cognitive dissonance.
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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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The Most Important Sentence Donald Trump Has Ever Said
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Bari Weiss’s Remarkably Successful Shell Game
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The Messiah of Nihilism
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The Fight for the Rule of Law is On
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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
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A Surprising Inauguration Day Emotion
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My Favorite Music, Film, and TV of 2025
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The Nakedness of the King
We have entered a new phase of madness and cognitive dissonance.
Jan 21
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Jay Michaelson
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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
What I got wrong (and right) this year
Dec 30, 2025
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The Age of Antinomianism
Defying the law in the name of something greater
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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.
Nov 19, 2025
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Spiritual Lessons of the 2025 Election
Including epistemic humility, complex seeing, multivalence, and engaged equanimity
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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil
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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
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Politics and Spirituality | Circle and Line
Taking a step back to reframe the current psychodynamic moment.
20 hrs ago
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Jay Michaelson
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In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks
The fascinating dharma of Apple TV's most-streamed show
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Ghosts in the Machine
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
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Why Americans keep falling for moral spectacle and economic betrayal
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Universalizing Personal Experience into Cultural Critique
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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.
Nov 19, 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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The Faith of Charlie Kirk: A Guide
To understand Charlie Kirk's political legacy, one must understand his religious beliefs.
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Heated Rivalry's Closet and Mine
I'd forgotten what my former life was like. HBO's hit show reminded me.
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My Favorite Music, Film, and TV of 2025
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