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What’s Wrong With Me?
Here’s an email I sent two friends Monday evening after climbing Mount St. Helens on two wheels. 74 miles, 6,590′, 4,562 cals, 17.2avg, 4:18:32. The only thing that would have made it better would...
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In Praise of Meghan Vogel
All the news isn’t bad. And maybe today’s youth aren’t a lost cause after all. Sick and tired of big time college and professional sports? Knuckleheads running afoul of the law, the commercialism, the...
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If Only Schools Were More Like Businesses
Every once in awhile, it’s important to inflict pain on yourself. Builds character. Run a marathon. Fast for a day. Do your taxes. Watch a Wayne LaPierre press conference. Or most painful of all,...
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The High Cost of Win-At-All Cost
In 1972, when I was the scrawniest ten year old swimmer in the Midwest portion of the United States, I competed in a big YMCA swim meet somewhere in Ohio. According to the buzz on the deck, one guy I...
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Stoicism Fail
A wannabe Cicero, I’ve enjoyed thinking about and trying to apply aspects of Stoicism to my life ever since reading William Irvine’s “A Guide to the Good Life” four or five years ago. The ancient...
View ArticleFriday Assorted Links
1. When Being a Humble Leader Backfires. I greatly prefer leaders who error on the side of humility, but these findings makes sense. “Our findings show that you can increase team effectiveness by being...
View ArticleYouth Sports Contract
From the end of my last post on Andrew Luck retiring, one could conclude that youth sports is a utilitarian endeavor. Get a college scholarship, turn pro, make millions of dollars. The exact problem...
View ArticleThe Trump Quandary
We desperately need to pivot from Donald Trump and Dan Barry is here to help. If I could only share one article on Donald Trump with some person in the future curious about the Trump Era, it would be...
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