My 50 Favorite Substack Pieces I Wrote in 2023
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I appreciate so much everyone who has chosen to subscribe to our publication and read the articles we publish. We’ve gained a ton of new subscribers this year and I suspect that most may enjoy a chance to explore what they may have missed. Here are some pieces I wrote which I hope you will enjoy. Articles gathered here include installments from both my “Antisemitism and Culture” and “Axis of Genocide” series as well as others on a variety of other subjects.
What do you want to read about next year? Please let me know in the comments below and I’ll do my best to write to write about it.
What Zionism Means to Me Today
This post is the nineteenth in an ongoing series on antisemitism and culture. See the previous installments here: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite? When & Why Conspiracy Theorists Sometimes Stumble Onto the Truth
Why This Bible Thumper Is Going to Keep Using Plenty of Profanity
This post is the twenty-second in an ongoing series on antisemitism and culture. See the previous installments here: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite? When & Why Conspiracy Theorists Sometimes Stumble Onto the Truth
The Torah Should Be the Moral Foundation for All
This post is the twenty-third in an ongoing series on antisemitism and culture. See the previous installments here: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite? When & Why Conspiracy Theorists Sometimes Stumble Onto the Truth
How Multi-Faith Mysticism & Maimonides Can Bring Peace to Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Everyone
This post is the twenty-sixth in an ongoing series on antisemitism and culture. See the previous installments here: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party…
Crush Patriarchy: 6 Reasons Why I'm a Militant Feminist Today
The wonderful better half of our business parter, Mike Kilgore - the art director and Vice President here at God of the Desert Books - dropped a humorous meme today that I couldn’t help but relate to a bit too deeply, as I was contemplating how to write this post:
Still Christian: Why I Don't Call Myself a Jew Even Though I Could
This post is the thirtieth in an ongoing series on antisemitism and culture. See the previous installments here: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite? When & Why Conspiracy Theorists Sometimes Stumble Onto the Truth
Martin Luther King, Jr: An American Hero and Courageous Zionist Voice
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Why I Don't Expect the Palestinians Will *Ever* Make Peace with Israel and Thus Gain Statehood
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
The Antisemitism of Ron Paul's Far Right Anarcho-Capitalist Ideological Cult
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
3 Mystical Mysteries I Wish More People Were Curious About
The Everything Is Amazing Substack by Mike Sowden polled its readers with an interesting question - What do you wish more people were curious about? - and I thought perhaps it would be worthwhile to present and answer the 3 answers to it that popped into my head and that I fired off in the comments:
2 Numbers Which Reveal the Overwhelming Level of Human Devastation Wrought by the Holocaust
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Unfortunately, Christian Nationalism Is the Normal, Much More Longstanding Version of Christianity
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Is There Really a Solution to the Broad Pagan Immorality & Terrible Tribalism of Humanity?
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites
Why I Make a Point to Avoid Analyzing or Pontificating on Internal Israeli Politics
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. Among the top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites
Iran's Plan to Assassinate the World's Jewish Leaders
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. The top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Fuck Elon Musk: Why I'm Now Boycotting Twitter
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. The top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Why You Don't Need Twitter & Should Quit Today
In this post from Monday I explained how I was so disgusted with Elon Musk’s childish defense of “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams’ naked racism and the increase of hate speech on the website he bought for billions of dollars that I decided to quit the platform in protest:
Counting Down My 10 Favorite Songs from my Favorite Album of All Time, The White Album
So my pal Mike Kilgore wasn’t feeling well today and he asked me to fill in for him with today’s Mike Music Morning installment - which I’m more than happy to do. My apologies that it’s become an afternoon installment today. I was just feeling terrible last night and ended up sleeping in way later than I should today. Anyway, doing a bit better now, tha…
For 70 Years There Have Been 3 Primary Ideological Zones on 'the Right,' Not 2
OK, first off, this is one of those pieces where I hit more points than I probably should and ramble on a bit longer than I really need to, but sorry, that’s what I’m feeling like today after an especially ro…
In Celebration of Noa Tishby, an Inspiring Israeli Warrior-Artist Fighting Antisemitism
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. The top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Kick Back Three Times As Hard
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. The top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Antisemites What Causes Someone to Be an Antisemite?
Hey, Matt Margolis: George Carlin Wasn't a Leftist. Here's the Irrefutable Evidence Proving It
So, as many regular readers of this publication may have observed, Sally Shideler and I are on a serious George Carlin kick. We’ve been going through all his HBO stand-up specials in order, and reading his trio of humor books (Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty
7 Ways My Mother Shaped Me Into the Man I Am Today
Dear Mom, Well, I’ll be 40 next year. And as you’ve no doubt noticed lately in our phone conversations, I’ve been looking backward into my own history and both sides of our family to understand better the various forces and influences who have most shaped me.
After Death We Can Live Again
Check out the previous installments in Alec Joseph Ott, Sally Shideler, and my dialogue about abortion, war, life, and death. And if any of our readers or other contributors would like to offer their views on these subjects then please join in! Part of the miss…
'Dad Always Referred to Him as the Last of 17 Children'
So after last week’s father’s day column in which I discussed some Swindle family history - my grandpa’s story that he was the only one of his many brothers and sisters to leave Texas - I shared it with my Dad and he alerted me that the web listings were incomplete and missed a few of the children in both families:
GOTD, Year 1: What We've Accomplished and Our Plans for Year 2
Just over a year ago, on July 4 of 2022, I announced the launch of the new publishing company, God of the Desert Books, and the creation of this Substack to promote and develop it. What have we accomplished since then? Which goals will we pursue in Year 2? Let’s do…
My 'Controversial Opinions' on the Primary Male Pop Culture Idols of the 20th Century
I’ve been meaning to jump into the pop culture debate over various science fiction franchises, superheroes, and the James Bond series. Alec Joseph Ott, Mike Kilgore, and Kenny H have all offered some fun takes in their pieces. I, on the other hand, am basically the BuzzKillington at the party, as I must confess: as so m…
Yes, You Do 'Have a Dog In That Fight'
Click here to check out the first 30 Installments - Volume I - in this series on Antisemitism and Culture. The top 5 most important pieces from this first wave: What It Means When the Leader of the Republican Party Dines With THREE Anti…
The War with the Axis of Genocide
This is the first installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged against Israel by the Hamas terrorist group and its primary supporte…
Elon Musk Is a Disgusting Antisemite Who Is Helping Hamas
This is the 3rd installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged agai…
The Vicious Vladimir Putin Is a Disgusting Antisemite Who Is Helping Hamas
This is the 4th installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged against Israel by the Hamas terrorist group and its primary supporter, …
A Letter to Encourage a Disillusioned Friend
This is the 5th installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged against Israel by the Hamas …
Focus on the 240 Human Beings Kidnapped By Hamas
This is the 6th installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged against Israel by the Hamas terrorist group and its primary supporter, …
Photos of Hostages Liberated from the Hamas Terrorists
This is the 7th installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged against Israel by the Hamas terrorist group and its primary supporter, …
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Conversion to the Wrong Christianity for the Wrong Reasons
This is the 12th installment of the new “Axis of Genocide” series at this Zionist Substack, the successor to the “Antisemitism and Culture” series which can be read in two 30-essay collections here and here. This new series will document and analyze the antisemitic genocidal war waged agai…
If you’ve made it down this far then you’re really one of our most devoted readers and I am ever so grateful. In 2023 I finally began to recover from the vicious PTSD that I’ve struggled with since fall of 2021. Here’s hoping that 2024 can be even better. I wish everyone a wonderful new year.
