[October 19, 2026] The first time you make your mother cry, something has shifted in you. It is not just that you feel bad. Feeling bad is easy, and most of the time it changes nothing. What has happened is that you have registered, for the first time, that your actions directly affected someone else; the person who… Read More »
[October 17, 2026] Unpredictable events, good or bad, hit people, organizations, and whole societies harder than anyone planned for. After the fact, someone always calls the outcome destiny. That is hindsight talking. We cannot predict these events. But we can build habits and systems that let us absorb the bad ones and use the good ones. Nassim Nicholas… Read More »
[October 13, 2026] I finally decided it was time to review my time in the Iraq War, during the most contentious and most successful part during the war: late 2006 to 2007. Today, my subject will be the organization called MNSTC-I. “One advantage of hindsight is being able to pull current historical documents and align them with what we… Read More »
[October 10, 2026] The fool is the humble beginner willing to look stupid, make mistakes, and start anew. It’s the predecessor to mastery, transformation, and the hero/savior; the opposite of hedonistic avoidance. Be willing to look stupid. “[The trickster] is a forerunner of the saviour… He is both subhuman and superhuman, a bestial and divine being, whose chief… Read More »
[October 9, 2026] One advantage of hindsight is being able to pull current historical documents and align them with what we thought we knew in the past. I am compiling a collection of notes on the Iraq War “Surge,” and I’ll later publish them as a manuscript. That publication is targeted for next year, 2027. In the meantime,… Read More »
[October 8, 2026] Victor Davis Hanson’s September 28, 2026 commentary for The Daily Signal, “If Iran Cracks, the World Will Never Be the Same,” has a number of interesting ideas about our war with Iran. And, yes, it is a “war.” Because of its length, his core ideas and my analysis will run in two parts. Today, in… Read More »
[October 7, 2026] Today is the third anniversary of Israel’s October 7 massacre by the Islamic “religion of peace.” The world’s reaction to the massacre continues to be inexplicable and appalling, except in terms of Islam’s anti-Semitic ideology. I’m going a little out of my way to put into words some of my thoughts. . Today is a… Read More »
[October 6, 2026] Victor Davis Hanson’s September 28, 2026 commentary for The Daily Signal, “If Iran Cracks, the World Will Never Be the Same,” runs about 13 minutes. It had roughly 1.56 million views when checked. Because of its length, his core ideas and my analysis will run in two parts. Today, Part 1. Today, I’ll summarize what… Read More »
[October 5, 2026] From Stage! … where analyzing the world of sand-up comedy is showing how comedy is art. I wanted to be a stand-up comedian as a kid, but briefly. In this video, Stage breaks down the strategy behind Aryanna Wexler in her on-stage comedy routines. Arynne Wexler is a New York–area stand-up and cultural commentator who… Read More »
[October 3, 2026] If you receive a gift, treat it as something special. That gift is not a mistake, not easily replaced, and not beneath you. Be grateful for the ordinary, or nothing will be good enough. Appreciating what you possess, or what is gifted to you, expresses the best in you as a recipient. “If the only… Read More »