The Daily Eudemon

What does the western tradition mean when it refers to "nature"? A lot of current thinkers are ignorant on the subject.  Nature and Post-Modern Leftism. Lightning Segments. Nature and the Death of Stalin.

Stillness is the Key , Ryan Holiday. Leisure, The Basis of Culture , Joseph Pieper. Why stillness? More precisely: Why can’t we pursue stillness with a goal in mind? Lightning Segments: pink gin, hangover thoughts, Einstein the womanizer, People Magazine .

G.K. Chesterton says true religion makes abstraction tangible. I flush it out here.  Lightning Segments: Flannery O'Connor, Autumn and Sports, Blank dot Org, Medallion Bailout, Thomas Hoover Michael Pollan "How to Change Your Mind." Beyond Science: LSD, Physics, and the Eucharist

I missed last week due to my mother's unexpected death. I discuss here a bit of her life, but not for sentimental reasons. It's a snapshot of a slice of American history.  LSD and Zen: I explore a bit more the limits of rationality and its relationship to Zen and LSD. LSD and Mind Control: I discuss a fascinating topic that is the subject of a new book: Poisoner in Chief .  Lightning Seg...

Dan Aykroyd was on The Joe Rogan Show.  Vodka, aliens, spiritualism. John Senior from the University of Kansas was ahead of his time, as seen in the podcast universe today.  Lightning Segments. Rogan on LSD. Me on thankfulness. 

Nietzsche and Slave Morality Nietzsche and Detachment Nietzsche and Zen Lightning Segments White Privilege II

Proponents of the concept of “white privilege” are exhausting. I explore the reasons. Lightning Segments: Bill Kauffman, chamber maids, Skittles, other. Marxism: Thanos wannabes . . . and other problems with its rejuvenation among today’s youth.

Just two segments this week: The importance of being authentic without trying to be authentic . . . and the unfortunate fraud in young people.  Lightning Segments: Mackinac Island, rum, weddings, and the genital clamp.

Do you have to live in NYC or LA to make it? Nope, not any more. And it's a good idea to be rooted.  Lightning Segments: Epstein, more GKC, Prison Unions, Business Insider says the Catholic Church is Right about Contraception Francis Bacon: Jacque Derrida and Francis Bacon and the Catholic Church

 G.K. Chesterton: His cause of canonization has been rejected. I understand why, but the charge of anti-semitism is ridiculous. And unnecessary to raise. Maybe the bishop was virtue signalling.  Lighting Segments: The notecard, beer markets, Europe’s death wish, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . Total Work: Work 24/7 and you’ll never work another day in your life. Well, maybe. I flush...

 Segments: Trump and Baltimore. CBGBs. Lightning Segments. The Hour. One hour of “prayer” (term used loosely) in the morning. It really works, and you’ll have plenty of time.  Music for Lighting Segments: Sky Hawk Beach by Blue Wave Theory. Used pursuant to the   Attribution Share-Alike License 4.0 . 

I took a spiritual retreat to Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery, home of Thomas Merton. 

Detachment: The first rule of the spiritual life.  Poverty, chastity, obedience: three facets of detachment. Its connection to Zen. How play let's us live an active life in the detached mode. 

  Memorial Day Weekend : A tradition has come to a close: I’m not bacheloring it this holiday weekend. Please indulge this autobiographical note, with commentary on foreign intervention. Lightning Segments . My oldest sons have been getting drunk in Mexico. I can (and in this segment do) relate.  The Crock Pot Catholic Church . The Catholic Church is like a crock pot: it can hold putrid...

  Mental Exercising : Everyone seems to agree: It’s crucial we exercise mentally, normally in the form of meditation. Meditation, even the most secular, focuses on taking yourself out of time and space. Why? Time and space are the realm of the bodily. By practicing meditation, by trying to escape time and space, is there an admission that there is, indeed, a spiritual?  Predictive Geneti...

  Brian Sims : Yup, he’s a hateful nut. Yup, the Right has hateful nuts too. The thing is, the Right doesn’t have them in positions of influence or power. Moreover, the postmodernist Left is, from its core beliefs, extremist and hateful.  Fleeing California : Dot com millionaires are fleeing California right before they realize their taxable income from their start-ups. Pretty funny . ....

  Noise . Our culture is too tolerant when it comes to noise. I explore it.  Noise Part II: Silence and Russell Kirk, Max Picard, and Cardinal Sarah. The Eighth Capital Sin .  LIghtning Segments : I address some listener feedback, treating hangovers, movie critic John Senior.  The New Pantagruel : My article, The Eighth Capital Sin, appeared in the defunct magazine New Pantagru...

  LGBT at Work : The Supreme Court has taken three LGBT discrimination cases. It’s evidence that Derrida has won: text with no context can be twisted however you want.  Easter : The Resurrection is an historical fact. Shocking claim? Hear me out. Also: Discussion about the Shroud of Turin.  Lightning Segments : Low calorie gin and tonics, Game of Porns, Staring at a Naked Woman, Sta...

  Tiger Woods : Congratulations to Tiger and congratulations to golf.  Tiger and the Press : Tiger the Philanderer . . . covered up by the press. A small example of a much bigger problem: the press can’t be trusted.  Insurance Rates : Your credit history has nothing to do with your driving habits? Highly unlikely, the assertion of the leftist Arab congresswoman from Detroit’s assert...

  Dumplin’ Take 2 : I revisit that horrible Netflix movie, Dumplin’. It turns out, the movie is, indeed, an attack on healthism and a celebration of fatness. It’s an attempt to invert the binary. Joe Rogan helps explain it.  Time : Why is everyone so stressed for time? It’s because we’re so wealthy, there’s a ton of cool stuff to do.  Lightning Segments : Spotify music recommendatio...

 LA, Santa Monica, Malibu, Ventura, San Simeon, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Soledad, Altadena, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, Anaheim: The entire podcast episode is dedicated to California. Well, the entire podcast, minus a few detours. 

  Thanks a Thousand : A.J. Jacob's’ new book about tracking down the people who make his cup of morning coffee. Boris at the Grocery Store : A Houston grocery store blew Boris Yeltsin away. I can relate. Lightning Segments : New drinking terms, starting mindfulness now, draining interactions.  The Freakin’ Poor : Why do we treat the poor like they have no moral agency?  Dogs : Stric...

  Postmodernism: That’s a pretty big umbrella of thought. Please excuse my broad—sloppy—use of the term.  Standpoint Epistemology: You know why whites can’t think like blacks, and men like women, or cis like queers? Because a Soviet philosopher told them it’s so.  Act = Brahman : Think hard about the verb “act.” It might be a word that Derrida himself couldn’t deconstruct. I’m not s...

  Artificial Intelligence: What it is. How it is a threat . . . or how it might be a threat.  Famine and Tyranny : Courtesy of the State. Free markets merely avoid them.  Lightning Segments : Bill Burr, Going for the Snatch, Other Cool Dudes : Cool dudes in high school stay cool, I think.  Music attribution Theme song: Skinnin’ Lynyrd by Greg Scheske, a bespoke expert. Email hi...

  Drinking and Lent: Why would I give up booze for Lent? It’s practically a sacramental.  Zen Lent: Do you hope to make spiritual progress during Lent? Then you won’t. Your focus is wrong because you have a focus. Tariffs: They’re a bad thing. It’s Econ 101. I explain why here.  Lightning Segments: Two funny stories, Bill Burr and the Catholic Church, Joe Rogen and the Catholic Chur...