Growing up, I was blessed with universal education. All of my K-12 schooling was paid for by the taxpayers. But despite this wonderful example of systemic kindness engineered by America’s leaders, I didn’t leave high school with a world-class education. My math skills were okay, my English skills were dismal, I couldn’t speak a foreign …
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A supremacist is someone who thinks his tribe deserves special advantages. He doesn’t want the same rules and standards for everyone. He wants the powerful to rig the game against members of different tribes. A neutralist is someone who thinks his tribe deserves neither special advantages nor special disadvantages. He wants the same rules and …
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Do at least five math problems. Read at least one page of a book. Write at least one sentence. Watch at least one YouTube video on any of the following subjects: Discipline/Willpower Habits Learning Diet Exercise Psychology Philosophy Personal Finance History/biographies of famous people Freedom/Libocracy Spend at least a half hour honing a skill that …
I remember When you were down You would always come running to me I never denied you And I would guide you through all of your difficulties Now I’m calling on citizens from all over the world This is Captain America calling I built you up when you were down on your knees So will …
A few posts back, I coined the phrase “glorious ineptitude” to describe a dramatic shift in the way we measure institutional success. Back in pre-woke America, institutions used to be judged by their results. If a school, for instance, produced a lot of kids who were competent at math and English, it was a “good” …
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