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The Fault in Our Stars
A synopsis of the plot that I found on Shmoop.com crystalizes my initial impression of this tender, teenage novel: “Dying girl meets hot boy. Hot boy and dying girl fall in teenage love and go on adventures to…
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The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer — April 13, 2020
In this issue: * Superhero Writing Job Lets You Rescue Paying Clients in Their Darkest Hour of Need * Master Mental Time-and-Space Travel for Innovative Writing * The Thriving Writer’s Multitiered Safety Net *…
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Famous Writers Share Their Favorite Comfort Books
Looking for some comfort books to read? The New York Times asked some well-known writers for suggestions. Here are some of them… * From Celeste Ng: The Princess Bride by William Goldman – “This has always been…
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Seven ‘Twilight Zone’ episodes that are eerily timely during the coronavirus pandemic
Click here to read this thought-provoking article from The Washington Post.
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did you know? — April 6, 2020
“Why Italy?” Click here to read an explanation that I’ve never heard before.
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How Recovered Patients Saved Lives With Borrowed Antibodies
Before there were vaccines, doctors “borrowed” antibodies from recovered patients to save lives. A recent article on History.com explains how the discovery was made and how it’s been used to fight many…
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The latest issue of Independent Healing — April 1, 2020
“Your Guide to the Coronavirus Pandemic: How to help yourself and your loved ones during the COVID-19 outbreak” Including: * The single best anti-viral supplement * The secret of people who never seem to catch…
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Thinking Critically About Coronavirus News and Information
“Thinking Critically About Coronavirus News and Information” – Good advice from the FTC on protecting yourself against coronavirus scams. Click here to read the article.
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Looking Into the Near Future” – an excerpt from Bill Bonner’s Diary, March 20, 2020
The world of getting and spending is shutting down. Without revenue, neither businesses, or households, or the government will be able to pay their bills. Stocks will rise (“a dead cat bounce,” the old timers…
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Information Marketing's Opportunity In Economic Crisis
If you are in the information marketing business, you may be interested in my thoughts about how the Corona Crisis presents an opportunity for growth and strength in the future. This is an excerpt from a memo…
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Whatever It Takes” by Tom Dyson in Postcards From the Fringe. LINK
“Whatever It Takes” by Tom Dyson in Postcards From the Fringe. LINK
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How to Self-Quarantine” by Roni Caryn Rabin in The New York Times
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
This is a bathroom book that will inform and inspire pragmatic readers. The bulk of the quotations in the book come from the three major Stoic philosophers: Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca. From the…
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The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer — March 11, 2020
In the March issue: LINK * 6 Ways Consultants Can Charge More * The Non-Sci-Fi Path to Rerouting Your Reader’s Brain * Linchpin Writing: Lock in Your Value With Every Client, Every Time * How a One-Eyed, Hairy…
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Venezuela's Descent From Prosperity To Humanitarian Crisis
“How Venezuela Went From a Rich Nation of Immigrants to a Hungry Nation of Refugees,” by Daniel DiMartino on DailyWire.com Despite all the evidence to the contrary, many perfectly intelligent people continue…
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The March issue of Independent Healing
Click here to read about: * A breakthrough treatment for erectile disfunction * The antidepressant side effect no one talks about * Raising your thermostat to lower your blood pressure * The best exercise to…
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Can Marriage Counseling Save America?” by Andrew Ferguson in The Atlantic
“There I was one bright summer Sunday,” Ferguson writes, “wreathed in skepticism, gathered with a dozen others in the community room of a suburban public library in Northern Virginia to test whether this…
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Why Do We Still Pick Up Dog Poop With Plastic Bags?” by Kate Bratskeir on HuffingtonPost.com
We know we should stop using plastic poop bags, but we just can’t. In this article, Bratskeir explains why. LINK
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Why Sanders Will Probably Win the Nomination” by David Brooks in the NYT
In this opinion piece, Brooks explains how Sanders and his fellow progressives have induced large parts of the Democratic Party to “see reality through the Bernie lens.” LINK
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What happens when you give up gluten, sugar and dairy?” from the Easy Health Options website LINK
This is good, basic advice about healthy eating. (No, I don’t always follow it myself – but if it weren’t for hypocrisy, I’d have no good advice to give.)
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Jonathan Haidt On The Moral Roots Of Politics
Add Jonathan Haidt to your list of contemporary nonfiction writers that know how to stay on top of topical subjects (Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Lewis, Stephen Dubner, et al.). In this TED Talk – “The Moral…
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The Dead
The Dead is considered to be one of Joyce’s most important and also most revealing works. It is a novella – more than a short story but less than a novel. Even if you’ve read it before, it’s always worth…
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The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer — February 17, 2020
In the February issue: * Recipe for an ‘A-Level’ Writing Career That Gets You Noticed, Makes You Wealthy, and Keeps You Happy * 5 Ways Life Changes Can Revamp and Revive Your Writing * The Secret Business…
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Metropolitan Life
A collection of smart and witty essays about life in the Big Apple as a young writer. Part Patti Smith. Part Sex and the City. She has this thing she does with lists…
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The February issue of Independent Healing LINK
In this issue, you’ll discover the real reason more of us than ever are suffering from chronic stomach troubles. You’ll learn: * Why foods that are bright white in color wreck your digestion * The real cause…
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Seven Cultural Treasures Lost To War
The thing about war… even when it is justified, it is grievously destructive – and not only in terms of loss of life. Here, for example, from History.com, are 7 important cultural sites that have been damaged…
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Moonshots
If you’re looking for something good to read, you might like one of these books from my January reading journal: Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance by Naveen Jain– Ignore the first three chapters, which…
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20/20 Vision” in Taki’s Magazine LINK
One day I want to meet this guy…
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8 Mistakes to Avoid When Naming Your Business” from Entrepreneur.com
I’ve never been good at naming businesses. In fact, I’d say that of the dozens of businesses I’ve named, 90% of them broke one of the rules articulated in this essay. (I should have learned these rules long…
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What Color Is Zorro? A Taki's Magazine Essay
What Color is Zorro? in Taki's Magazine LINK
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Energy Paradoxes Put Europe in a Precarious Position” from Townhall.com
An interesting perspective on European attitudes towards global politics and global warming. LINK
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by
The story of the now well-known Silicon Valley scam. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story and pursued it till the end, the book is a page-turner and an inside look at the sort…
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The Equality Conundrum” in The New Yorker
Believing inequality, as this essay makes clear, is a challenge. A challenge that leaves the believer with a perpetual conundrum – what is equal here is not equal there… and what is equal now is not equal…
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The Oral History Of American Pie
For a little comic relief… “The Oral History of a 1999 Comedy Movie” in The New Yorker LINK
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Forget the Fads: This is the Only Diet Tip You Need” in Dr. Eifrig’s Health & Wealth Bulletin
Dr. Eifrig, a friend and colleague, has come to the same conclusion I have: The Mediterranean diet has the most science behind it, and the Keto diet, while good in some respects, is not sustainable and…
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US-Iran Tensions: From Political Coup to Hostage Crisis to Drone Strikes” on History.com
This brief review of US-Iran relations over the last 70 years provides a depressing picture of how difficult it is to try to control the activities of other sovereign nations – particularly when you have…
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The Best Way to Profit From Government Stupidity
In this article, Doug Casey makes a compelling case for having some gold in your portfolio. LINK
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The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer — January 10, 2020
In the January issue: * 7 Ways to Kick-Start 2020 as a Well-Paid Writer * Become a Double Threat: A Writer With Bonus “Art Skills” * The Top 10 Lessons I Learned From a Year of Productivity
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Climate Change Isn't A Matter Of Belief
In a short article on Medium.com titled “I Don’t Believe in Climate Change,” Duncan Riach makes a good point – that it’s a mistake to frame the issue as a black-and-white, true-or-false argument. Climate…
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The latest issue of Independent Healing: “Infinite Immunity
A Nobel-Prize-winning discovery shows that our bodies have the natural ability to destroy all illness. But modern life is sabotaging our in-born defense against disease. In this issue, you’ll discover how to…
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Emily Dickinson, Freelancer” in The New Yorker
Emily Dickinson was one of America’s great poets. If you’re familiar with some of her better-known poems, you’ll enjoy this...LINK
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Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Letters swallow themselves in seconds, Notes friends tied to the doorknob, transparent scarlet paper, sizzle like moth wings, marry the air. So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems…
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The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy
I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that…
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Mistletoe” by Walter de la Mare
Sitting under the mistletoe (Pale-green, fairy mistletoe), One last candle burning low, All the sleepy dancers were gone, Just one candle burning on, Shadows lurking everywhere: Someone came and kissed me…
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Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot
“A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.” And the camels galled, sore-footed…
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Poems to Learn by Heart
A collection of several hundred poems illustrated (apparently for children) by Jon J. Muth. I found “Ozymandias” again here and put it to memory, which was a great joy for me.
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Chen Tingyou, translated by Ren Lingjuan
Chinese Calligraphy by Chen Tingyou, translated by Ren Lingjuan A small, well-written book that explains Chinese calligraphy: where it came from, its different styles, and why in China it is considered a great…
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The Top 10 Largest US Cities by Population” from Moving.com
Thinking of moving, but not sure where you want to live? Here are some cities to consider… LINK
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The Monkey’s Paw of Beauty Products” in The New Yorker
This cartoonisn’t funny. It’s not even clever. It’s correct. And that’s what’s wrong with our culture. LINK
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Elections in Colonial America Were Huge, Booze-Fueled Parties” on History.com LINK
“Elections in Colonial America Were Huge, Booze-Fueled Parties” on History.com LINK
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