The Road to Muskville, Texas
A road trip to Elon Musk's company town in Bastrop, Texas.
Frank Zappa: America’s last rebel
Doubtless the fake nonconformist is an American type that goes back centuries, but we surely reached an apex of fraudulence in the early 2020s. How passionately the rioters of Anti
American politics will be born again
Whenever I return to Britain from the United States, I am always struck by the compactness of the landscape. The tidy square fields, the orderly rows of homes with little gardens,
Hooked on Hillbilly Horror
When Hillary Clinton finally shuffles off this mortal coil, what words will she be remembered by? My money would be on her“basket of deplorables” comment delivered at a do
Are People Really Fleeing Texas?
Today we live in a world of narratives, but many of those narratives are false or misleading. This essay takes a close look at the phenomenon.
Getting Into Death
Life is short, so don't spend any of it wasting time on things like effective altruism or Christopher Nolan movies.
Existential Miami: a guide
Miami isn't just about sea, sex and sun. Sometimes it burns. Sometimes it is a darkness.
The Beach That Didn’t Exist
Chasing ghosts on Coney Island.
lone star weird
Thus Spake Daniel Kalder No.30 The theme of this latest installment of TSDK is the stranger side of my adopted home, Texas. The impetus was a piece I did for UnHerd on the transfor
Tech Bros Are Destroying Weird Austin
Not so long ago, Silicon Valley was a magical land where unicorns flourished; anybody with an idea and a little luck could become richer than all the kings of folklore....