Heather Cox Richardson
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Heather Cox Richardson is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between September 29, 2022 and December 17, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “Atop this motley crew sits Heather Cox Richardson”; “The most common type of article is the Tipping Point Quick Hits, which is oddly similar to Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters”; “Unless you’re Charlie Kirk or Heather Cox Richardson”. It most often appears alongside 1 Kings 10-11, 2008 Democratic National Convention, ACX.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: September 29, 2022
- Last seen: December 17, 2025
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- 2008 Democratic National Convention (1 shared issues)
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Atop this motley crew sits Heather Cox Richardson, one of the few Substackers to have a New York Times article about her - in fact, part of the even more select group of Substackers who got NYT articles about them consensually. The Times describes her as a mild-mannered history professor who rose to superstardom “by accident” after an essay she posted took off. Her day job is studying the Civil War, and part of her shtick is comparing modern Republicans to Civil War era slaveowners, something there is certainly not zero demand for.
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But under the circumstances I finally signed up for the seven-day free trial. I have to admit being disappointed. The method for discerning God from the Antichrist is helpful (God wants your worship to be freely given, the Antichrist wants to compel it). But the rest of the blog just wasn’t as wacky as I was expecting. The most common type of article is the Tipping Point Quick Hits, which is oddly similar to Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters. It’s a few of the day’s biggest news stories, some well-written and useful context on each, and then a few paragraphs on why it means we are living in the End Times. For example, the September 1 Quick Hits talks about how a Federal Reserve official has expressed interest in digital currency, then tells us that:
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Unless you’re a genius or a saint, your money is the strongest tool you have to change the world. 10% of an ordinary First World income donated to AMF saves dozens of lives over a career; even if you’re a policeman or firefighter, you’ll have trouble matching that through non-financial means. Unless you’re Charlie Kirk or Heather Cox Richardson, no amount of your political activism or voting - let alone arguing on the Internet - will match the effect of donating to a politician or a cause you care about. And no amount of carpooling and eating vegan will help the climate as much as donating to carbon capture charities.
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