August 2021
26 articles published this month.
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Notes From My Journal
Word of the Day: Remember
Remember – it was just 18 months ago – when Trump suggested that COVID-19 might have come from a lab in Wuhan? Every major “news” outlet – including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and all 3 major…
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The Good, the Bad, the Uncertain — August 30, 2021
Making Sense of Recent News Stories. Big and Small GOOD: “Mussolini” School Board Smack-Down The COVID pandemic and the lockdowns imposed in response to it has given politicians and regulators all over the…
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Why This Scandinavian Art Film Haunts You
This video is not for everyone. When I first watched it, I thought “typical Scandinavian highbrow nothingness.” But eventually, it got to me…
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Talent Is Overrated — August 27, 2021
Talent Is Overrated By Geoff Colvin 228 pages Originally published in 2008 If I were to list the 100 best non-fiction books I’ve ever read, Talent Is Overrated would not be included. Not because it’s a bad…
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What About Mozart and Tiger Woods?
Mozart wrote music at age 5, gave public performances at age 8, and composed some of the world’s most beautiful symphonies before his death at age 35. A close look at his background reveals: * His father…
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Halston (2021)
Halston (2021) Available on Netflix Starring Ewan McGregor, Bill Pullman, Rebecca Dayan, and Krysta Rodriguez Halston is a limited-series Netflix production about the life and death of Roy Halston Frowick…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Ready, Fire, Aim in Action
My book Ready, Fire, Aim, which was published in 2008, made it to the Wall Street Journal and Business Week bestseller lists. John Wiley, the publisher, sold out several editions. It was successful, I think…
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Woman Challenges Gender Policy In School Locker Rooms
This woman doesn’t buy the woke idea about gender choice in girls’ locker rooms. She’s telling it like it is!
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Florida's Minimal Restrictions Versus Stricter State Lockdowns
Back from the sunny beaches of Rancho Santana on the Pacific Ocean to my house on the equally sunny beaches of the Atlantic Ocean in Delray Beach, I was only dimly aware that the Delta variant of the…
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Notes From My Journal
Introducing: Mr. Doodle
I want to introduce you to someone I’ve been following lately. Sam Cox is only 23, but he’s fast becoming the new Keith Haring among contemporary art collectors in England. That’s in part because of his…
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Bully Meets His Match In Boxing Ring
In the mood to watch a beat-down? Here’s what happens when a bully with a big head walks into a boxing gym. I saw a similar thing happen when two toughs came into my dojo and challenged Renato, one of my BJJ…
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Notes From My Journal
It’s been a frantic week for K and me at Rancho Santana
With 45 family members here to enjoy all this wonderful resort community has to offer, we’ve been busy day and night managing and participating in all the activities. Besides visiting the five beaches and…
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Worth Reading
A Sport and a Pastime
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter 204 pages Originally published in 1967 Paperback published in 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux A Sport and a Pastime – another Mules Book Club selection – is a short…
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Oslo
Oslo (2021) Available on HBO Directed by Bartlett Sher Starring Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, and Jeff Wilbusch Oslo is the story of negotiations that took place in Norway in 1993 between Israel and the…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
China vs. the USA
During his tenure as president, Donald Trump started a trade war with China. He had an argument. China was subsidizing some of its exports to gain market share. We do that, too. But China did it more. So, he…
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China’s Cultural Revolution
To understand how the Chinese economy got where it is today, you need to know a bit about China’s Cultural Revolution and what happened after that. In 1966, 17 years after Mao Zedong established the People’s…
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Notes From My Journal
Cousin Camp Arrives At Costa Rica's Top-Rated Resort
Despite the challenge of getting here via Liberia, Costa Rica, the 45 Cousin Camp attendees were graciously welcomed by the staff at Rancho Santana, quickly helped into their beautiful rooms and suites…
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And About the F Word…
In discussing podcasts, a colleague wrote: ”Oh, Man! I can’t stand listening to a podcast with two old guys throwing the F Word around – like they’re trying to one-up each other with how many times they can…
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How Your Immune System Fights Off Disease
This little video was done months ago, but it does a good, quick job of explaining how the immune system works – including those B- and T-cells you’ve probably heard about…
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Notes From My Journal
The Good, the Bad, the Uncertain
Making Sense of Recent News Stories GOOD: Illinois Bans Lying to Juveniles During Interrogations Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill prohibiting police from using deception during interrogations of…
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Brother Recommends Surprisingly Smart Conservative Podcast
My brother Andrew sent this link to me recently. He said: I heard this podcast the other day and have been sharing it with friends of various political orientations, to rave reviews. It’s two rather…
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Do One Thing Different
Do One Thing Different By Bill O’Hanlon 224 pages Originally published in 1999 by William Morrow and Company A cop comes upon a drunk on his hands and knees at night under a streetlight. “What are you doing?”…
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Time
Time (2020) Available on Amazon Prime Produced and directed by Garrett Bradley Featuring Sibil Fox Richardson and Robert Richardson Time, an Academy Award-nominated documentary, is the story of Sibil Fox…
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Notes From My Journal
The Good, the Bad, the Uncertain Making Sense of Recent News Stories
GOOD: Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Biden’s Race-Based Loan Forgiveness Program US District Judge S. Thomas Anderson issued an injunction against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), halting the…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, which competes neck and neck with the NYT for Financially Dumbest Major Newspaper in the US, recently published two opinion pieces that actually made sense. The first was about taxes. In…
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Why Gender Symbols On Bathroom Signs Matter Less
Joy, my manicurist, took this shot the other day. She thought it was "funny and dumb.” I get the wheelchair accessible sign and the baby sign, because those indicate the facilities inside. But why the three…
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