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The Truth About the Market
Just last month, I posted the truth with data links to crime and inflation statistics which currently indicate meaningful declines in both. Within hours, my inbox overflowed with triumphant messages from my red-hat-wearing readers, their comments practically glowing with self-satisfaction as they explained how their party’s iron grip on the House, Senate, and that big…
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A Perspective (DUI vs. Immigrants)
I’ve wrestled with this long article for weeks, and I hope my family actually takes the time to read this one. (HaHa) My commitment to truth—that seventy year old stubborn beacon that guides me—finally drove me to an unsettling conclusion. What follows is the complete account of my research and discoveries, regardless of whose toes…
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Some Aces You Can Hold.
As the title suggests, here are some cold hard truths you can deposit directly into your mental bank account. Why? Because numerical data stands before us like a mountain of irrefutable evidence, that even the most stubborn skeptics should recognize. My Truth comments of course range from silly myths to very important subjects that seem…
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So, You Want the Truth, But Can You Handle It?
I started thinking about creating articles that would cut through the fog of today’s headlines like a lighthouse beam—illuminating the jagged rocks of misinformation that shipwreck public discourse. As my fingers hovered over the keyboard, poised to unleash a torrent of personal grievances, I caught myself violating my cardinal rule: facts and data over opinions…
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The Pain of Ignoring Variation
I spent much of my life talking about variation and trying to help people understand why it was important. After all, if you don’t understand it how will you help your children or future generations understand it. So today I offer some simple teaching advice that ranges from something as inconsequential as football to something…
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Reflections on Loss and Humanity in Tragic Times
Twenty-three years ago today, I stood at a hotel window in Burlington, Vermont, watching the impossible unfold on a small television while the mountains outside remained eerily peaceful. My meeting—originally scheduled for Tower One of the World Trade Center—never happened. Instead, our meeting site was changed, so I spent a week in that quiet New…
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Am I Part of the Problem? The True Cost of Freedom: A Parent’s Dilemma
Today, we talked to our one daughter and grandchildren who live in Minneapolis three different times. Every August, as yellow buses rumble back onto suburban streets, I post my outrage, then scroll to the next distraction. I own stock in companies that manufacture the very weapons I condemn. I vote for perfectly coiffed politicians who…
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Boost Your Immune System: My Journey to Better Health
After decades of playing hide-and-seek with the healthcare system, mingling with a colorful cast of doctors, nurses, and medical wizards, each with their own bag of tricks, I’ve finally stumbled upon a routine that keeps me in tip-top shape. It was a journey full of twists, turns, and a few banana peels. Back in the…
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Responsibility? Respect? Advice?
For weeks, I’ve been mulling over the post you’re about to dive into. Should I be my unapologetically honest self, or slap a layer of sugar on my words to fit into the molasses-drenched commentary of today’s so-called enlightened society? I went with the former, so if you can’t handle it, well, that’s just too…
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Pace and Probability: Betting Insights for Horse Racing
I previously unveiled the 10 golden rules for horse‐race handicapping. Today, I’ll conclude this series by revealing the general formulas behind the system that works for me. First, pace. Picture the thunder of hooves as horses burst from the gate—their early fractions define the race’s rhythm. I start by collecting each runner’s early‐pace figure and…
Old Man Pondering 