We Are Not Saved

After the Fall - What We Should Have Done in the ’90s?

Taking you back to a magical time when everything seemed possible, but nothing ended up changing.

Oct 3 • R.W. Richey

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September 2026

Does Not the Line Always Go Up?

While everyone else is talking about AI, I’m going to engage in an exegesis of a single verse in the Old Testament, and yet somehow AI will still sneak…

Sep 15 • R.W. Richey

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Whither Writing (A Ten-Year Retrospective)

Writing is in a weird place at the moment. And yet I am compelled to continue doing it. (In between travel and kidney stones.)

Sep 1 • R.W. Richey

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July 2026

The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

My entry in the 2026 ACX Book Review Contest.

Jul 3 • R.W. Richey

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June 2026

Let Him Have Thy Legos Also - [Essay]

Yes I'm talking about the Bricks and Minifigs/Star Wars legos debacle. If you don't know what I'm talking about read on!

Jun 25 • R.W. Richey

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The Desecration of Man - Say No to Nietzsche

A man stands in front of you. He holds two pills, one in each hand. You can choose Christian Zeolatry or Nietzschean Self-Creation. There is no third…

Jun 17 • R.W. Richey

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Four Books on the End (Or at Least the Plateauing) of Civilization

Okay maybe it's three books, and one of them is in two different formats (book and graphic novel). But four does sound more impressive, and I need to…

Jun 9 • R.W. Richey

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May 2026

Do Not Go Gentle - State Provided Death is Incoherent

You can give people autonomy over the timing and manner of their death. Or you can reduce the suffering which attends some deaths, but you can’t really…

May 29 • R.W. Richey

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Annihilation – A (Very French) Biography of the "Last Man"

It takes a French author to give us the idea of salvation through sexy hot pants.

May 25 • R.W. Richey

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Picky: How Modernity Completely Screwed Up (Part LXVII)

Did your mother force you to eat Brussels sprouts? If so she was doing the Lord's work.

May 22 • R.W. Richey

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Last Branch Standing - Honey Badger References and Case Analysis

The Supreme Court isn't as broken as people think. But the people themselves might be more broken than they realize.

May 9 • R.W. Richey

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April 2026

Four Short Classics for the Lazy Pseudo-Intellectual

When you want to read a classic and you don't have a lot of time.

Apr 30 • R.W. Richey

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