Ben ThomasThe Divine Blueprint For a Counter-RevolutionHow America’s modern dispensationalist movement mirrors 1960s counterculture2 min read·Nov 19, 2023----
Ben ThomasWhat Actually Is Late-Stage Capitalism?For the term to have any meaning, we need to agree on a definition.4 min read·Oct 23, 2023--2--2
Ben ThomasWhy Do the Ying Yang Twins Stan Thích Nhất Hạnh?If you grew up in the 2000s American Southwest, the Ying Yang Twins / Lil Jon track “Get Low” (2003), was undoubtedly on your radar.3 min read·Dec 3, 2022--1--1
Ben ThomasinThe HeartWhat If My Heart Honestly Doesn’t Agree With You?Over the past 12 months, I have suffered no less than three existential crises.7 min read·Jun 5, 2022----
Ben ThomasinThe HeartTurkey Is a Homeschool KidI once asked some of my Turkish friends, “If the world was a high school and every country was a student, what would some of the students…9 min read·Jun 5, 2022----
Ben ThomasinThe HeartAn Open Letter to America’s Next School ShooterYou’ve probably got the guns already.8 min read·May 28, 2022--10--10
Ben ThomasThe Top 5 Times I Time-Traveled in DJ Khaled’s BodyA lot of people have never traveled through time — and even fewer have had the rare experience of getting to do so in the body of…4 min read·Feb 6, 2022--1--1
Ben ThomasinThe HeartIn Which I Try to Explain the Beauty of Chess Without Totally Alienating and Boring the ReaderHow I learned to stop worrying and appreciate geometry.11 min read·Mar 11, 2021----
Ben ThomasinThe HeartAn Open Letter to Friends, Family and Other Sideline Supporters of the ProtestsYou know who you are. And you know we love you.6 min read·Jun 24, 2020----
Ben ThomasHot Summer Anarchy in Downtown AustinI arrived on the scene of a disaster. Two fire trucks flashed their lights outside the Police Department Headquarters, while platoons of…4 min read·Jun 20, 2020----