Oddball move defeats world champion
Published: Sat, 05/17/25
Updated: Sat, 05/17/25
Tony Miles had guts, my friend. In 1980, at age 25, at the European Team Championship, Miles, playing black, defeated then World Champion Anatoly…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
I admit: there's a catch
Published: Fri, 05/16/25
Updated: Fri, 05/16/25
But I hope it won't stop you. So here's what's going on. The catch will be e plained at the end. My readers are busy people. You may not have had time…
Huge financial disaster
Published: Thu, 05/15/25
Updated: Thu, 05/15/25
I'll never forget this. Five years ago last month I was to see Insomnium, a great Finnish band I like very much, in nearby Orlando. They're a bit…
My deceased podcast guest
Published: Wed, 05/14/25
Updated: Wed, 05/14/25
said something I'll never forget. Several years ago one of my podcast guests died tragically at the age of 56. I'm speaking of David Longdon, lead…
Hospitalized for Covid
Published: Tue, 05/13/25
Updated: Wed, 05/14/25
Those were some times. I'm coming up on four years since I was actually hospitalized for several days (don't worry -- the old man is more active and…
Tom Woods Show catastrophe
Published: Mon, 05/12/25
Updated: Mon, 05/12/25
Until today, only my top supporters knew this story. Some time ago I featured Jay Abraham on the Tom Woods Show. A lot of you will recognize that…
Who's chopping onions around here
Published: Fri, 05/09/25
Updated: Fri, 05/09/25
Just the other day one of my grown children recalled the story of the talking refrigerator that I used to tell her -- 18 years ago -- and it warmed my…
My haters are stymied
Published: Thu, 05/08/25
Updated: Thu, 05/08/25
A nice guy like me has haters? The haters began all the way back in 2005: a signed editorial in the New York Times and a nasty op-ed in the Boston…
My embarrassing conversation
Published: Wed, 05/07/25
Updated: Wed, 05/07/25
What you should learn from it. Fourteen years ago today, I had an embarrassing conversation that forced me to think differently. I happened to meet a…
I've become pro-death
Published: Tue, 05/06/25
Updated: Tue, 05/06/25
Every once in a while a gimmick is so good that I buy the product for the gimmick alone. Two e amples: (1) Dr. Squatch soap. The ad (which I saw…