Executives -- you need to read this one: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/america-crisis-leadership-walter-russell-mead...

While the Western Alliance entertains itself with illusions regarding the effectiveness of sanctions, thinking adversaries continue to...

Moral hazard is the notion that entities -- individuals, firms, even countries -- are more likely to take risks when they are protected...

Today's article of note discusses one stream of first- and second-order effects of the recent and tragic earthquake in Taiwan --...

In today's article, "If National Security is the Goal, Then Leaving TikTok Alone Is the Answer," (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articl...

Few American leaders--elected, appointed, and/or in business--think seriously about how and why the United States should act on the...

Today, we are being warned (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-intel-chairman-serious-national-security-threat/index.html and...

As goes Germany, so goes Europe. https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/germany-really-big-trouble-perfect-storm-terrible-trends-paints-blea...

https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuela-deploys-military-to-oil-rich-guyanas-border-06613730 "Venezuela is backing up its threats to...

The Coming Wave, by Mustafa Suleyman (2023) (Page 105) "...technologies from X-ray machines to AK-47s have always proliferated, with...

Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein (Page 53) "Like chess masters and firefighters, premodern...

(Photo courtesy of Purple Slog on Flickr) Here's a recent and easy to comprehend essay from Peter Schiff (https://substack.com/@schiffsov...

I published a version of this essay for last year's Veteran's Day. It seems just as appropriate for Memorial Day. 1998’s Saving Private...

In 2012, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy wrote an interesting and informative book, Resilience, Why Things Bounce Back. In it, Zolli and...

It is rather heartening to see one of the world's most successful venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital, mirroring some of the same...

Most individuals -- executives and independent contributors alike -- are not accustomed to thinking in terms of second- and third-order...

"In just a matter of weeks, top economists and investment bank analysts have gone from expecting the coronavirus outbreak to have minimal...

Unsurprisingly, the spread of the novel coronavirus is radically expanding. Outbreaks in northern Italy and South Korea, combined with...

Here's a perspective that I provided to America's future generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4MyA-MNwd4