My son Aidan likes to hike. When he gets out on the trail, he just goes. He never worries about where or how long or what it’s going to be like. He […]
Lions
They’ll Be Men
*re-blogged from a post in May 2018 I still remember the girl everyone picked on in my 3rd grade class. I don’t remember anything I learned in that class. I don’t remember […]
Life on The Border
I can see Mexico from my backyard. It shows up as a bright band of twinkling lights on a hill to the south a few miles away. I live on the east […]
The Market Correction
65% of elected offices. 72% of Fortune 500 corporate leaders. 87% of General/Flag rank Officers in the Military. 67% of Police Officers. 89% of partners at VC firms. 80% of Hollywood Directors. […]
Review: The Dawn of Eurasia
“A bump in the road for America’s longstanding march of progressive Western Liberalism or a pivot back towards ethnocentric nationalism, Americans find themselves at a crossroads.” That’s from the blurb on the […]
Read List 2018
There’s an argument to be made that the most significant development to come out of the digital age is the democratization of high quality entertainment. I don’t have a flying car. But […]
Some Thoughts on George H.W. Bush
Our lives aren’t stories. Not the way we like to think they are; like three act plays following a tight narrative as the twists and turns of decades come to some culminating […]
This is the Review I Want to Write About Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments…
A few months back, my roommate from Annapolis sent me a text that marked a distinct waypoint on the arc of our relationship over the last 25 years. He’s a combat decorated, […]
Thank You Stan Lee
I never once read a comic book as a kid. All I did was play sports, talk to girls and fit in. It was a happy, easy path. I’ve got sons of […]
The Cost of Veteran Value Signaling
The 22-a-day number is not real. The number publicized to show how many vets commit suicide every day is not real. The actual number is something less than that. And a deeper […]
