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Deep Thoughts, Dry Wit, and the Occasional Existential Crisis.

Editorial cartoon: a political Overton window sliding right on a navy wall while a crowd stares left at a glowing screen labeled LEFT TOOK OVER.

Series · 3 parts

The Country Shifted Right

A three-part series: the Overton window moved right, churches were mobilized as strategy, and the kitchen-table bet failed the outcomes test.

Editorial cartoon: a worn Cast Member ID badge hangs on a wall hook beside eleven service-star pins and tally marks counting eleven years; below, a cardboard box holds packed desk belongings including a mug reading Be Kind to Every Mind, unless it needs accommodations, while an office door stands ajar on a theme-park skyline at dusk.

Series · 8 parts

Eleven Years a Cast Member

A series about eleven years inside Disney technology: autistic burnout and denied accommodations, leadership that optimized for optics over results, and what it costs to be relied on while your basic needs are refused.

Colored-pencil illustration of a wide, empty field of dry grass under a pale afternoon sky. In the foreground, a smartphone sits on a black tripod with a small red recording light glowing. Beside it, a gray metal folding chair holds a closed black Bible with a red ribbon marker. In the distance, a single leafy tree and an old wooden telephone pole stand at the edge of the field. No one is there. Politics

The Sword in Vain

By David Crush | Politics & Religion | 12 min read

Colored-pencil illustration of a long wooden kitchen table set for a crowd that has not arrived yet. In the foreground lie four Bibles side by side: a black leather one with gilt edges, a large one lying open with a red ribbon across its pages, a navy blue one, and a burnt-orange one, each with a ribbon marker. Behind them sit two woven baskets heaped with bread rolls and a plate of two small fish. Mismatched empty chairs surround the table: wooden spindle-backs, a blue-painted chair, and a gray metal folding chair. Religion

An Open Book Test

By David Crush | Religion | 7 min read

Colored-pencil illustration of a crowded, cheerful baby shower: pastel balloons, bunting, and a table piled with wrapped gifts, surrounded by smiling guests in conversation. Above their heads, their talk is drawn as one dense, tangled black scribble. In the right corner, a bearded man sits on a couch, smiling and petting two golden dogs, with a baseball game on the TV beside him. On a side table next to him stand three red soda cans and one blue one. Neurodivergence

A Pepsi in a World of Coca-Cola

By David Crush | Neurodivergence & Religion | 5 min read

Colored-pencil illustration: three men in suits stand with arms crossed behind the glass doors of a modern office, watching a man walk away carrying a cardboard box holding a mug, a small plant, and a Bible. The paved sidewalk under his feet turns into an ancient dirt road through olive trees and rocky hills, where a small group of robed first-century travelers walks ahead of him toward a walled hilltop city in golden evening light. Religion

In Good Company

By David Crush | Religion | 11 min read

Editorial cartoon: a speaker at a podium lights a match to a paper schedule while a wrapped gift and an empty coastal road sit unused behind him. Politics

The Coast Was Available

By David Crush | Politics | 8 min read

Editorial cartoon: a man in academic robes stands at a lectern stamped SUBSCRIBE, eyes closed, a SPEECH CODE scroll in one hand, while a crowd in the dark below fills speech bubbles with a gun and a gallows. Politics

The Philosopher and the Crowd

By David Crush | Politics | 5 min read

Editorial cartoon: a speaker at a podium shouts while a smaller figure bricks shut a hole torn in the speech-scroll behind him. Politics

The Blank They Fill In

By David Crush | Politics | 8 min read

Editorial cartoon: a midnight line clutches empty retail boxes; an open box holds a slip labeled LICENSE, a PRE-ORDER sign glows orange, and a receipt is stamped REVOCABLE. Software

Pre-Ordering Permission

By David Crush | Software | 3 min read

Editorial illustration: a living-room television shows a wrestling ring under an ON AIR light; in the aisle a policeman holds a crowd, and an unused safety harness hangs from the arena lights. Wrestling

Nothing Fake About the Bill

By David Crush | Wrestling | 6 min read

Editorial cartoon: a theorist on a safe stone balcony holds a pristine city blueprint and a quill while workers shore up a cracked Capitol-like dome below; a crumpled blueprint labeled URBIT lies at his feet. Politics

Ideas Are Easy: Curtis Yarvin Never Had to Build the Thing

By David Crush | Politics | 9 min read

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