Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Lessons on leadership from 2,400 years ago.
- Nate Silver on Blueskyism. And this was written before the murder of Charlie Kirk. Remember you are who you associate with.
- The murder of Charlie Kirk and "the end of the beginning."
- From the archives: The long road to fiber optics.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Leadership lessons from the Army-Navy game. I highly recommend everyone attending this game at least once in their lives.
- VDH: The evaporation of the Obama mystique.
- Its time to break up big medicine. I'd also institute price transparency where providers have to publish costs so patients can shop based upon quality or price. More doctors and nurses and fewer administrators and lawyers.
- I'm sold on Pete Hegseth too. No better friend - no worse enemy should be America's slogan throughout the world.
Stuff I found 1nteresting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Judge blocks $24 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger. There isn't a Kroger's or Albertsons around me but the are Star Markets and Shaws.
- Timeless lessons from Oregon's Dan Lanning
- Assad's fall has humiliated Washington, "Syrians are free of Assad despite the Biden administration, not because of it."
- Ryan Holiday's best books of 2024. I'm a sucker for book lists. (HT Steve Layman)
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Niall Ferguson: Forward to Genesis.
- Immigration is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The Daily Coach on Leadership
- From the archives: What the word "impossible" meant to Richard Feynman.
- VDH: The Fault, Dear Democrats, is in Yourself.
- From the archives: Why did Sulla march on Rome. I'm a sucker for Roman history.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The 3 characteristics of an educated man. Article is a couple years old but new to me. (HT Some Its Just as Well)
- Michael Wade: The Brunacini Way. Worth a read. A life worth emulating.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thoughts I'd share.
- How Feds, Press and Academia "Coordinate" on Speech. Don't need any further proof that government censorship was real and had active and willing partners.
- Tom Brady on the art of leading teammates.
- This post on our military's dependence on China's manufacturing is pretty scary.
- Jonathan Turley: Do you want more freedom of speech? Try less government.
Mike Reiss has a nice piece on how Belichick and Halas are more similar than meets the eye.
Meanwhile The Daily Coach looks at the two qualities Belichick possesses that any great leader must have.
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"In politics, never assume that because something is insane, it will not be done." - Thomas Sowell
"The duty of a leader is to serve the people, not for the people to serve them." - Elon Musk
"The lion is most handsome when looking for food." - Rumi
"Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear." - Ezra Pound
It can't be argued that President Zelenski isn't doing these things. He's remarkable.
Michael Lombardi on Urban Myer's breach of trust and failure in leadership.
"The players don't trust the coach, the coach don't trust the players," - Urban Myer last year in words which could equally describe his current situation.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The general wisdom of Ulysses S. Grant
- Life advice from Warren Buffett
- The audio recordings of the Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-64) are now publicly available
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting insights into Xi Jinping and the workings of Communist China. The article states that "propaganda is the 'lifeblood' of the party state" which to me just seems evil. The author also seems a fan of Xi Jinping because (in my words) "he gets the trains to run on time." It is important to understand the arguments of the other side - but the arguments presented here are filled with obvious holes and inconsistencies.
- Heh Heh
- 9 Facts about Charles Bronson
- Heh Heh
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- Life expectancy according to the CDC. I see that graph and all I can think is that Social Security in its current form is doomed.
- Michael McCann on the US v Google case and why Google did not do a "motion to dismiss."
- Leadership Lessons from The Godfather
- American Thinker on why the numbers actually look good for President Trump
- The Silicon Graybeard on the Michigan "Computer Glitch" (HT Borepatch)
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The dishonesty of this Biden ad really bugged me. I frequent a lot of live music venues and know that it's not Trump who the owners blame for the lockdowns.
- John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
- Not every maverick is a new Galileo. Currently reading this book. This is my first Matt Ridley book and it's made me want to read the rest of his works.
- Scots entrepreneur set to mine asteroids for Scotland!
- The Biden corruption scandal isn't about Hunter, it's about Joe. So true. Biden makes Spiro Agnew look like a piker.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- 100 of the best leadership quotes of all-time.
- Now the World Health Origination says lockdowns are bad. They are useless.
