Ozempicians Need Not Apply
GLP-1s in 2026 America might be having the same effect as opium in 19th-century China (Essay)
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The Left Hemisphere on the Farm
They killed the soil’s microbiome. It no longer crawls with microbes, bugs, and worms. It’s become more sterile than a roid boy after a nasty accident with the Manscape Lawn Mower 3.0 Plus. (Essay)
Welcome to the Internet's Longest-Suffering Blog
The Daily Eudemon: Essays for the restless mind in a crumbling age. Its Scrolling Blog: A throwback to TDE's early days in 2002.
Don't be an Ass: Laugh and Make Others Laugh
"All the great monuments of earth have been built over solemn asses." Senator Thomas Corwin (Essay)
Bring in the Clowns
Embrace the clown. He's the only effective response to our overweening rationalistic culture. (Essay)
AI Claude Can't Play Pokeman
AI is full of paradoxical results because it only has a left hemisphere and existence requires a right hemisphere as well (Essay)
The Eudemon is Back
In a world of driveling prose, is TDE like the dude who sets a cat on fire because he thinks the world needs more suffering? (Blog Post)
An American Tradition: A Guy Can Never be Too Safe
“President Peña of Paraguay is here. President. President, thank you very much. Young, handsome guy. It’s always nice to be young and handsome. Doesn’t mean we have to like you. I don’t like young, handsome men. Women, I like. Men, I don’t have any interest. Good. That’s right." DJR (Mini-Essay)
This Lent: Resolving without Resolving
(Essay)
"Frank Rich and John Simon are the Syphilis and Gonorrhea of the Theater."
(Mini-Essay)