The Eleventh Draft

August 2025

8 Questions to Annoy People at Parties

God exists necessarily, but he was not compelled by logic to create the world.

Aug 4 • Jordan Watland

July 2025

The Candidate

Chapter 1

Jul 5 • Jordan Watland

February 2025

Macroevolution of Self in 'Severance'

Assessing the Philosophy of TV's Best Current Show

Feb 20 • Jordan Watland

Radical Abnormality

The bitter truth, Paola thought as the oak tree rushed toward her, was that to be human wasn’t to have free will or volition or choice, but more…

Feb 2 • Jordan Watland

August 2024

At First She Felt Guilty

The range of reactions was part of the beauty.

Aug 25, 2024 • Jordan Watland

The Art of the Insult

How the Obamas Were Able to Hit Low from the Higher Ground

Aug 21, 2024 • Jordan Watland

September 2023

Survival of the Fittest

The Survival Rate for Everyone Drops to Zero

Sep 20, 2023 • Jordan Watland

May 2023

A Butcher with a Smile

Who's the Worst Character on 'Succession?'

May 26, 2023 • Jordan Watland

March 2023

The Saints

Something broke finally when he came upon three men shooting at a dog they’d corned between buildings on the north-side of town.

Mar 19, 2023 • Jordan Watland

December 2022

Give Her the Novel

(A Response to Joan Didion)

Dec 29, 2022 • Jordan Watland

July 2019