[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 Today, my subject will be the organization called MNSTC-I. “One advantage of hindsight is being able to pull current historical documents and align them with what we… Read More »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 12, 2026] Today, another of our favorite childhood stories that enthralled us: The Boy Who Cried Wolf. My interpretation of the story might just get my readers to pull that old book of Aesop’s Fables off the bookshelf and reread it. The story never gets old. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a short fable about what… Read More »
[October 11, 2026] As a kid, I was always enthralled by stories. One of my favorites was (and still is) The Ant and The Grasshopper in Aesop’s Fables. I don’t know why I was so attracted to it; I still don’t. As everyone who reads my website articles knows, I use this space to show how to be… 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[October 9, 2026] One advantage of hindsight is being able to pull current historical documents and align them with what we thought we knew in the past.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 4, 2026] One of the realities of aging grandparents is that the number of times you will be with them is not a very big number, and that’s if everything goes well. We should be aware of that and grateful and awake and maximize the time and minimize the stupidity and unnecessary suffering, because we do not… Read More »