Monthly Archives: December 2021

Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power

Evan Osnos writes for the New Yorker: * The history of broadcasting is replete with figures who play a combative character on the air but shed the pose when they leave the studio. Bongino is not among them. * In … Continue reading

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Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

Here are some excerpts from this 2021 book: * The reason rituals are so effective at helping us manage our inner voices is that they’re a chatter-reducing cocktail that influences us through several avenues. For one, they direct our attention … Continue reading

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What Are The Most Common Lies You Tell Yourself?

Mine are: * There’s nothing I can do… * There’s Something Inherently Wrong or Different About Me. * I Would Change, But I Can’t Because Of X. * I Know What I’m Doing. “I am just not good at X.” … Continue reading

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Stalingrad

From the Vassily Grossman novel: * When he spoke about the predicament of science in Czechoslovakia, his voice began to quaver. Then he shouted, “It’s impossible to describe, you have to see it with your own eyes! Scientific thought is … Continue reading

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Is Ron Klain the real president? (12-31-21)

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