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- Who Rules: The Political Thought of Angelo Codevilla
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- What the Dashboard Cannot Count
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- Xavier Becerra’s Hero System
- The Refusal to Disappear
- The Steve Hilton Hero System
- The Refusal of Erasure
- The Save You Cannot Photograph
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Category Archives: Personal
I’ve Never Dated An Orthodox Girl
I don’t fear so often these days that I’m losing control. Therapy is calming. I can bounce my life off someone sharp and get greater clarity. It also gives me accountability. My therapist names things I’m going through such as … Continue reading
The Type Of Women I Fall For
The connection is usually swift. The women who turn me on are fast thinkers and fast speakers. They tend to be decisive, strong, formidable. Erudite. Capable. Our repartee is snappy because they love to laugh. I don’t have to explain … Continue reading
My Thing
Is writing a pleasure? Sometimes, just like davening, but “pleasure” is not the primary word I’d use to describe my process. Rather, I’d say that writing is my thing. The Mafia have their thing. “Cosa Nostra” means “Our Thing.” I … Continue reading
The Freak Brothers on fire! — Together again for the first time!!
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, It was a great show this week and was improved by Adolfo riding shotgun. Adolfo is from my part of the world (didn’t he grow up in Oklahoma?) and so I imagine he is trembling … Continue reading
I Want To Connect To My Deepest Purpose
I want to make it big. I want to be huge. I want to feel full of purpose and passion. I want to get up every morning eager to tackle the day. I want to see the path ahead and … Continue reading
I Don’t Know
We had already broken up three times in ten months when we first said, “I love you.” She said it first and launched our doomed winter of love. The day she gave me a hamper for my washing, she said, … Continue reading
I Want To Move To Hawaii
There are no Alexander Technique teachers in Hawaii. I’ll have the market all to myself. My mentors warn me against the move. They say there’s not a sufficient market there to support me in the style to which I have … Continue reading
The Benefits I’ve Received From The Alexander Technique
I am just realizing how much stronger I am today than when I started my Alexander Technique teacher training program in January 2009. When I started the program, which lasts for three hours every day (36 weeks a year), I … Continue reading