Subject: Lost in today's America
Lost in today's America
August 15th, 2023 at 4:54 pm PDTThere's a good chance our children are getting dumber View onlineNobody ever taught you how to talk. Sure, the basic skills of language were developed over time. Your mother or grandmother or grammar school teacher may have corrected you over and o ...
What is old is new again
August 1st, 2023 at 4:48 pm PDTParticularly leather goods View onlineIn a recent conversation with a friend, we were talking about the wisdom in old quotations. The words might change but the messages imparted by the great thinkers tend to repeat over time. Many such cases. Anot ...
You are not your khakis
July 29th, 2023 at 12:25 pm PDTeven with the best cotton dockers on earth View onlineThere are stats out there where I can tell if someone opened one of our emails or downloaded a podcast. However, it's near impossible to know if someone actually read or listened unless they give ...
Not a secret: you can make your life better today
July 28th, 2023 at 3:34 pm PDTThere's no use in delay View onlineMy people are serious. Some of them are really Tom Woods people, but I'm fortunate to meet with over 50 of these good folks every week in the several small groups I facilitate within the Tom Woods School of Life. S ...
On heraldry and cowardice
July 27th, 2023 at 4:00 pm PDTcomes a surprising intersection View onlineBefore trademarks, hallmarks, and printer's marks artisans and middle-class traders used a merchant's mark, a sign or symbol generally using simple lines or curves. A little more complicated than your typic ...
He kicked like a mule and bit like a crocodile
July 26th, 2023 at 4:23 pm PDTThat snake was my own sweet dad View onlineWhen I was growing up, almost every kid I knew had a book called Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. We didn't have it at our house, however. I never knew why, since every other kid had it. What I ...
Assembling your 'quiver'
July 25th, 2023 at 6:32 pm PDTyou're going to snap a few arrows View onlineI came across a saying the other day. Seemed profound, but also a bit basic. Perhaps that was the genius. A simple search for who the quote was attributed gave me several results. Not helpful. Eventual ...
I made kimchi one time...
July 24th, 2023 at 4:53 pm PDTQuite enjoyable for me. Not for anyone else. View onlineThere's no shortage of interesting stuff on the Internet. For instance, I just found that in a 2004 survey of Korean homemakers, such a thing as a kimchi refrigerator was ranked #1 for most w ...
Get up early, quit by lunchtime, then go fishing
July 21st, 2023 at 5:18 pm PDTThe fine line between success and crazy View onlineErnest Hemingway was up at dawn, done by noon. He wrote. Consistently. The consistency and persistence made him great. Talent can only get you so far. He could afford to keep that schedule when he ...
A long time ago, in a country far, far away
July 20th, 2023 at 3:19 pm PDTI did not know jack squat (about golf) View onlineYears ago, as I got into playing a lot of golf, the more I appreciated the Open Championship, which is being contested this week at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. When I was growing up—a rab ...
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