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Why The New Right Still Can't Beat Hollywood
I asked Jonathan Pageau and Mary Harrington why we can't tell better stories yet. Their answer missed something important.
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Microplastics Are Bullshit
The stubborn sacramentality of ordinary objects.
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What Happens When You Stop Reading
A global oral sensorium machine.
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June 2026
A Very Simple Introduction to Re-enchantment
With a joke.
Jun 27
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Nostalgia Is Good
Only when we see from out there.
Jun 20
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We Know You’re Using AI
Let me save you the embarrassment.
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A Philosophy Must Be Tolerable to Your Wife to Be True
The necessary burden of contextual intuition.
Jun 6
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May 2026
Left-Brain Seizures Made Me a Writer
On language, names, and consciousness.
May 30
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See You Space Cowboy…
The Metaphysics of Astronauts.
May 23
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Status
A guide.
May 16
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Cowboys and Indians
The American Gemini.
May 9
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A New Wild West in the Middle
The cardinal shift of the true frontier.
May 2
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