Dale Carnegie, of course. Published in 1936, Carnagie’s book, How to Make Friends and Influence People, remains one of the most important works in interpersonal human relations ever written. I wish I’d been humble enough to read this book when I was younger. Might have saved myself a lot of trouble, reputation, and embarrassment. Here’s… [Read more…]
July 21, 2011
Look, folks, let’s remember who’s on whose side. Dana Loesch is a champion of liberty, the conservative grassroots, and everything else we stand for. And she’s a great friend to me, to the Tea Party, and, in a sense, to all of us. She’s elevated this movement locally and nationally like no one else. You… [Read more…]
July 21, 2011
In my response to Dan Riehl’s hit piece on Ed Martin, I wrote one more line than I should have. I wrote about an establishment takeover of Big Government. Mike Flynn, the editor of Big Government, has quietly (and not so quietly) led the fight for liberty and good government for decades. His Big Government… [Read more…]
May 14, 2011
There’s a “special” school in St. Louis County. Its seniors graduated on last Friday. How sad it must be for those kids. They’re not graduating from the district’s “normal” schools with their peers. For various reasons, they’ve been relegated to a school for misfits. Seeing the building makes the bad feelings worse. It’s a former… [Read more…]
May 11, 2011
The mood in the country is gay Each year on the 12th of May; The whiskey is running For linguists so cunning On this, National Lim’rick Day.
April 16, 2011
Face it: you don’t have that many friends. Not that you can rely on, anyway. On the bright side, you don’t really need friends, do you? You’re a rock star in your own small way. Who made the varsity swim team? You did. Who made honor rolls and deans’ lists? You did. Who landed your… [Read more…]
March 27, 2011
Dana Loesch has been plagued with a perstistent cold. Yesterday, her stairs leapt up and kicked her in the . . . Turns out to be a fractured coccyx (aka, tailbone). We feel terrible that Dana had this tale to share with the world, but we congratulate ourselves for limiting the number of cheap jokes.… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011
What many people don’t get is that cooperation is not the same as consensus. Cooperation means someone takes the lead on an issue. If it makes sense, and if the leader is perceived to have good character and judgment, others follow. Otherwise, the project is stillborn. It’s the way the market picks leaders. Not through… [Read more…]
March 11, 2011
“Why would a nation become imperial?,” Steven asked me. “I mean, why would you want to take that on?” The conversation had been on Japan leading up to World War II. The question was important. Why would a nation conquer dissimilar nations? Why accept that burden and risk? My answer, which I’ve grown more fond… [Read more…]
March 11, 2011
Every senior generation decries the banal idiocy of its junior generations. Remember how critical Boomers were of Generation X? Turns out Gen X was one of the most productive generations in a long while. Then Gen Y just went off and fought two wars for us. Historian Neil Howe points us to today’s Happy Hour: … [Read more…]
March 9, 2011
Some of the biggest potholes on the road to happiness come from bad advice from self-help “experts.” But here are three scientifically proven steps to being happier. And since happiness causes success in other areas, not the other way around, these could be the most important tasks you perform. Give Thanks People who write… [Read more…]
August 9, 2011
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