[April 7, 2023] Speech is difficult and complex and hard to master. Dr. Jordan Peterson gives us some ideas that are often unsaid. Here are some of this thoughts I believe are significant. It is definitely the case that there is no more exceptional form of the capacity to be dangerous than to be articulate. Weirdly, young men… Read More »
[April 6, 2023] The message our society gives us is to develop our self-esteem. Feel good about yourself. Be who you are. I’m okay. … I don’t agree! I believe we could be a hell of a lot better than we are. There is nothing more complimentary than telling a young person that they could be more than… Read More »
[April 5, 2023] Betrayal is an evil more profound than any human behavior we can imagine. In Dante’s Inferno, sins like torture, murder, and rape were not at the bottom of the pit (nine circles of hell); it was betrayal. The ultimate betrayal is the subject of my article today. On March 13, 1973, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant… Read More »
[April 4, 2023] I came home on April Fool’s Day from five days in the hospital, limping from pain in my stomach (and my back), dizzy from painkillers, but happy to finally be sleeping in my bed and with my lovely wife, and having my dog sitting next to me. Sometimes I might lose sight of what is… Read More »
[March 25, 2023] This article is taken from Drs. Jordan Peterson and Jean Piaget, both psychologists with brilliant insights to the human mind. Here is what they say to parents. As a wealthy parent, you could give your children everything. But what you deprive them of the most is deprivation and adventure and of their destiny. You remove… Read More »
[March 24, 2023] My wife Nancy would laugh aloud if she knew I wrote today’s article on advice for newlyweds. Sometimes she thinks that I’m a dunderhead when it comes to relationships, and, yes, compared to her, perhaps I am. But I have some advice for those newly married couples and I can explain why. Don’t stop dating… Read More »
[March 23, 2023] Your life is not margaritas on a sunny beach in the Caribbean. That may happen now and then, but it is the exception. Your real life is how your wife greets you at the door when you come home every day. That’s 10 minutes a day. Your life is how you treat each other over… Read More »
[March 22, 2023] I grew up around a bunch of World War II vets. They thrilled me with tales of combat against the Nazis and Japanese. I learned a lot from these men, and I also learned a few things from military drama television series that were set in WWII. One show I enjoyed was 12 O’clock High… Read More »
[March 21, 2023] In a Washington D.C. Friday news dump, the Veterans Administration announced the removal of their 64-year-old motto, a quote by President Abraham Lincoln. Ostensibly, the quote is so offensive that the VA could no longer tolerate the intolerance. Let’s be honest; the VA has officially gone full Woke. Here is the quote the VA leadership… Read More »
[March 20, 2023] If you are a harmless man, as we are told we must be, then you are just harmless, like a frightened fluffy animal. You will not be useful to you or those around you. Fluffy animals get eaten. A good man is a monster but who does not act like a monster. I wrote a… Read More »