Rule 57: Drink Bad Coffee

By | October 29, 2025

[October 29, 2025]  Drink bad coffee; no sugar, no cream, regular brewed coffee and avoid drinking fancy, shop-made, yuppie-sipping, fancy-flavored coffee.  Avoid complexity and unneeded activities and expenses.  Live a simpler life.  Have less stress by not trying to be like other people.  It’s best to not try “keeping up with the Jones’ next door.” Learn to be… Read More »

War Veteran Odysseus

By | October 28, 2025

[October 28, 2025]  The stories of our war Veterans returning home are often disregarded as trivial and irrelevant.  Besides that, we hear that these stories are not new.  True enough!  But one such story involves Homer’s epic work, “The Odyssey,” which is about Odysseus’ returning home after Troy.  It deserves mentioning because it shows how not all returning… Read More »

Live a Worthwhile Life

By | October 27, 2025

[October 27, 2025] I was intrigued by the view of a North Korean defector who watched an American War movie: Saving Private Ryan.  Her perspective on “war movies” and the differences how the Hermit Nation addresses war versus how America views it, was startling, and indicative of how Communists view human existence.  Hanaya’s takeaway is that we must learn… Read More »

Arlington Ladies: Volunteerism

By | October 26, 2025

[October 26, 2025]  Yesterday, I received a call from radio host Joe Griffies, who will have on his show today a representative of The Arlington Ladies.  These are ladies (and one gentleman) who volunteer at Arlington National Cemetery to be present at every funeral without exception.  Volunteerism in America is a strong tradition, and America leads the world… Read More »

Illiterate College Student

By | October 24, 2025

[October 24, 2025]  Some professors will say that the probability of a college student being illiterate is impossible.  This conclusion is understandable because high schools across America require basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. Or, at least we thought.  A young woman at the University of Connecticut is illiterate, and they’re more. Nineteen year old Aleysha Ortiz was… Read More »

Japan’s Rise with a New Leader

By | October 23, 2025

[October 23, 2025] Japan has elected a new leader following the failed policies and corruption of its previous Prime Minister. All news outlets reporting on Japan’s election have noted that Sanae Takaichi has adopted much of the conservative philosophy of U.S. President Donald Trump. And in that, they are correct. Additionally, she is being called “Japan’s Iron Lady,”… Read More »

Let Them Hit the Wall

By | October 22, 2025

[October 22, 2025] I’ve highlighted Dewayne Noel of Dry Creek Wrangler School before, and folks seem to appreciate his down-to-earth, philosophical style. In another video, he starts by telling a story about visiting his grandmother in Kentucky and learning a valuable life lesson: how the struggle shapes you.  In this episode, he says that sometimes we have to… Read More »