[November 17, 2022] You should present yourself to the world in such a way that you don’t disgrace yourself. You don’t want to disgrace yourself because the consequences of disgrace are emotional chaos, more pain, and less positive thinking. The best way to present yourself is to stand up properly and stretch out so that others can see… Read More »
[November 16, 2022] Dr. Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist with a vast international following. Many years ago, on Quora.com, he wrote in the Q&A section 42 things that he sees as basic rules for life. I’ve listed them here. Today, you can find this list everywhere, but on Quora, for some reason, they were deleted by Quora… Read More »
[November 15, 2022] Make friends with people who want the best for you. Like everyone, I had friends who wanted the best for me and friends who didn’t. And there were friends who had noble goals and those who did not and were on a downward spiral in their lives. The best advice I can give is remove… Read More »
[November 13, 2022] Last night, I returned from my trip out of town, offline, to be part of my parent’s Memorial service in Houston, Texas. It was both an emotional and sad trip as our family placed my parents’ ashes in a columbarium next to their church. Pastor Chris from The Woodlands Methodist Church conducted the service and… Read More »
[November 10, 2022] There is little doubt that the West has a serious attraction to “victimhood”; it’s believed to be a virtue and desirable. Richard Gunderman, MD, Ph.D., is an experienced doctor and serious thinker about the health of populations. He takes a strategic look at the West’s victimhood mentality in a recent article titled Pathologies of Victimhood.… Read More »
[November 9, 2022] Mines! We all have fear; small, large, immobilizing, ulcer-inducing, and generally unpleasant at best. One of my fears has been explosive mines. Originally an Infantryman and then a Combat Engineer, mines were always part of my mission, mostly not to step on one. Mines scare me. Here is what I learned from explosive mines. “You… Read More »
[November 8, 2022] It’s finally here; Election Day 2022. In preparation, I was at a friend’s house yesterday – Frank & Terry – to pick up credentials that allow my wife and I into any polling place in our town as “poll challengers.” We believe that making a difference in our community, state, and nation means going out… Read More »
[November 7, 2022] It was no surprise that I was out of town for a few days; offline, but I had expected to keep up with my daily blogging. As the weekend developed, it turns out that the event I attended was a “huge” Italian wedding in New York City; big things happen there. My wife and I… Read More »
[November 3, 2022] There’s the claim that the West is an oppressive patriarchy. And that is partly true. The problem with the claim is that it’s not just an oppressive patriarchy, and there’s a big difference between something being “completely” something and something being “partly” something. One of the things we might point out is that you can… Read More »
[November 1, 2022] Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic arguments on several legal challenges to anti-Asian race discrimination by Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What is most interesting was many “good people” took the position and are standing with those universities in support of policies that support race discrimination. That may be a bit of… Read More »