HeyJaredThe Personal Journal
The Personal is a publication and Podcast devoted to the serious study of power, meaning, and civilization. It explores the intersections of philosophy, history, politics, art and faith.
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- 5
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- Sep 22, 2026
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The Kennedy Center (opens the original)
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Preventing Censorship (opens the original)
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Counterculture Criticism (opens the original)
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THE MASSES ARE A GROTESQUE MONSTROSITY (opens the original)
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The Committee (opens the original)
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There is a particular flavor of American self-congratulation that arrives every Fourth of July, wedded to the potato salad and the fireworks, in which we are informed that we live in the greatest system of government ever devised by man. No matter the glaring issues of the day. You are aware of the lies your politicians tell you, the crumbling infrastructure, and the social sickness within. The claim is delivered with the serene confidence of people who, in a typical year, cannot name the three
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