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The Week in Review
I'm pleased that my alma mater won the NCAA basketball tournament, but I'm even more pleased that I didn't hear a single commentator use the phrase "score the ball" this year, as in, "He's a great player. He can
On the Genital Clamp
(Micro-Essay)
"You're Not Wrong Walter"
The importance of saints (Blog Post)
The State Creates Conspiracy and Then Tells People to Stop Holding Conspiracy Theories
(Blog Post)
Ozempicians Need Not Apply
GLP-1s in 2026 America might be having the same effect as opium in 19th-century China (Essay)
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)
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)