December 2024
22 articles published this month.
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Inside This Issue...
November Election: Landslide, Abortion, And Undecided Voters
Welcome to the December issue of “Just One Thing,” my monthly attempt to tackle a biggish story or issue in some depth. I was planning to write about COVID this week, both the disease and the vaccines, and to…
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Just One Thing
Why Trump Won and What It Means for Everyone
The Eve of Destruction The day before the election, a family member asked me if I was ready for a “landslide.” He was confident Harris would win by historic proportions because “No woman or person of color is…
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Coming Next Time
Journal
Your first weekly issue of January 2025… including clippings from my Journal, News & Views (political, social, and cultural news stories about which I have an opinion that I think stands apart from what the…
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Postscript
Arnold Schwarzenegger admits he tricked Sylvester Stallone into doing a crappy movie…
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Inside This Issue...
More from The 7 Natural Laws of Wealth Building
It’s all about money this week. In this, the “Works in Progress” issue of the month, you’ll find: * More from The 7 Natural Laws of Wealth Building * An excerpt from The Art of Collecting Art * The…
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Works in Progress
An Excerpt from The 7 Natural Laws of Wealth Building
Friction Thirty-four years ago, on my 40th birthday and a year into my first attempt at retirement, I decided that K and I should do some estate planning for our family. I came to that decision because I had…
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Coming Next Time
Just One Thing
Just One Thing: “I Told You So!”
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Postscript
Arnold Schwarzenegger On His Rivalry With Stallone
In this clip, Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to Jimmy Kimmel about his early competition with Sylvester Stallone. If you don’t think of him as funny, it will change your mind.
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Inside This Issue...
Four Books And Four Films Worth Your Time
Last month, I read four books and watched four films/TV series that I wanted to bring to your attention. I can wholeheartedly recommend all but one of them. The exception is a book from a heralded author, so I…
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Books I'm Recommending
A Ladder to the Sky
By John Boyne 384 pages Published: Nov. 2018 The secret deciders of The Mules selected A Ladder to the Sky as our November read. At 384 pages, it’s a bit long for my modest reading speed, but the diction is…
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Movies/TV Shows/Series I'm Recommending
Documentary Now!
A “mockumentary” series created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas Starring Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, and Bill Hader Season 1, 7 episodes: released 2015 Season 2, 7 episodes: released…
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Coming Next Time
Upcoming: Wealth Laws, Art Collecting, And Keynes
The “Works in Progress” issue of the week: More from The 7 Natural Laws of Wealth Acquisition… the Introduction to Wealth Culture, a new book I’ve just started to work on… an excerpt from The Art of Collecting…
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Postscript
Dick Van Dyke Dances to Coldplay
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Inside This Issue...
Monthly Newsletter Splits Into Four Weekly Parts
After reading the November issue – the first monthly issue in the “long format” that I had planned to use going forward – I received this from CF: Mark – I am impressed and surprised by this monthly edition…
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Notes From My Journal
Catching Up: A Look Back at November
I like to keep my Journal notes to personal events and inconsequential thoughts that, for whatever reason, stayed intact in my memory banks till the end of the month, on the presumption that if they lasted…
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The Economy & Investing
David Stockman to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
David Stockman to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Advice on the Nearly Impossible Job of Cutting $2 Trillion from the Federal Budget When Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980 on a call to bring the nation’s…
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Articles and Essays I’m Recommending
Is There a Voice in Your Head While You’re Reading?
Is There a Voice in Your Head While You’re Reading? Do you “subvocalize” – silently pronounce the words you are reading? I don’t think I do, but some brain scientists say we all have this habit. And some claim…
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Your Monthly Quiz
True or False?
True or False? The Questions 1. An ordinary yellow banana affixed to a white wall with a diagonal piece of duct tape was successfully auctioned off at Sotheby’s last month for $6.2 million. True or False? 2…
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Photo of the Month
Canyon of Fire
From the 2024 Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest This photo by Andro Loriad shows the Ofaerufoss waterfall in Iceland. It’s part of the Nyrdri-Ofaera River (the “impassable northern river”) which flows into…
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Readers Write
The November issue – and the “plastic bottle debate
The November issue – and the “plastic bottle debate”: “Man, the last three topics in the issue hit me like a freight train! Talk about a roller coaster of emotions!! Challenges of Charity: Kicked my ass!!!…
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Coming This Month...
The Review issue
The Review issue: The Fog, LaRoy Texas, The Preacher, and Documentary Now! Plus A Ladder in the Sky, The Message, Excellent Advice for Living, and Fanny Hill. The Works in Progress issue: More from The…
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Postscript
A new world record in skipping rope
Watch it here.
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