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Mark Morgan Ford

Gimme 4.4 Minutes
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Gimme 4.4 Minutes

Mar 26, 2026 1 min read

A Quick Essay on Negotiating and a Fun Video This is another effort to put together a mini-issue for you that is (a) worth reading, and (b) able to be…

Three Things That I Learned About Negotiating
Entrepreneurship

Three Things That I Learned About Negotiating

Mar 26, 2026 5 min read

– and One That I Made Up Once every several weeks, I do a live webcast for our Japanese subscribers. It’s a bit of an improv. They ask me anything they…

Postscript: The World’s Most Annoying Road
Travel

Postscript: The World’s Most Annoying Road

Mar 26, 2026 1 min read

Postscript: The World’s Most Annoying Road Have you heard of the Darién Gap? I’ve heard it mentioned many times in relation to illegal immigration…

Gimme Two Minutes
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Gimme Two Minutes

Mar 23, 2026 1 min read

An Essay and a Poem You Should Read This is the first of what may become a regular production of short posts – mostly about 500 words – which the…

HL Mencken on the US Dollar and the Myth of America’s Currency
Economics

HL Mencken on the US Dollar and the Myth of America’s Currency

Mar 23, 2026 2 min read

“The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.” – HL Mencken If you’ve never studied economics – or…

Finally: Ordinary Poems That Ordinary People Can Understand
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Finally: Ordinary Poems That Ordinary People Can Understand

Mar 23, 2026 2 min read

As a long-striving poet of mediocre verse, I read poetry regularly – every day, if I can – to improve my ear, if not my brain. For the last 15 or 20…

Postscript: Something to Put a Smile on Your Face
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Postscript: Something to Put a Smile on Your Face

Mar 23, 2026 1 min read

This video is why I’m long on humanity.

Being Busy and Falling Behind 
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Being Busy and Falling Behind 

Mar 13, 2026 3 min read

Notes from My Journal: “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Henry David Thoreau I’ve been complaining about how busy…

Four Quick and Yet Surprisingly Profound Book Reviews
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Four Quick and Yet Surprisingly Profound Book Reviews

Mar 13, 2026 8 min read

It’s been ages since I graced you with a book review, and I know you must be champing at the bit to find out what I’ve been reading all these weeks. As…

Worth Reading: Education in America
Social Issues

Worth Reading: Education in America

Mar 13, 2026 1 min read

  * “The scary truth about how far behind American kids have fallen…” Center for Education Policy Research * “America’s education system is a…

Funny Ha-Ha
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Funny Ha-Ha

Mar 13, 2026 1 min read

 

Postscript: When you’re a busy person…
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Postscript: When you’re a busy person…

Mar 13, 2026 1 min read

  … this is what your life is like.