You're Not Allowed To Disagree With Me! (Newsletter 018)
A democratic society's commitment to freedom of speech cannot be fair-weather only, dependent on whether the speech aligns with the consensus.
036 - On Defining Your Own Success - Moral Letters for Modern Times
To follow your own mind, especially when it directs a course that goes against all others, is the greatest achievement.
Hold Fast To Truth
Holding fast to truth is not an easy path, but it is the least difficult of all other alternatives.
This is a tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1974 essay "Live Not By Lies"*
035 - On Like Minds - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The coward looks on and says all is good; it is the hero who says your ship is veering off course. Watch carefully your instinct to reward the first one and punish the second.
How Will You Be Remembered? (Newsletter 017)
If you would not be judged by your worst moment, do not be quick to judge others for theirs.
034 - On A Successor's Success - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If the sincere student is not ready, the teacher is not done.
Paradise Found - Interim Update
My wife and I are trying really hard not to sabotage our move back to the U.S. by making any assumptions about what it's going to be like.
033 - On Instagram-Worthy Quotes - Moral Letters for Modern Times
You mustn’t take the headline for the whole of the message, but rather read on.
You Get What You Incentivize (Newsletter 016)
If your appetite is unlimited, no amount will ever be sufficient to satisfy your wants. No amount of tax is "fair" when there is no limit on what you aim to spend and redistribute.
032 - On Continuous Improvement - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The steady progress we make by never stopping is a gift that compounds. Step by step, you pull away, and the crowd can never catch you.
