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Walter Russell Mead's "America's Crisis of Leadership"
Executives -- you need to read this one: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/america-crisis-leadership-walter-russell-mead...

SLP Consulting
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Double-Secret Probation
While the Western Alliance entertains itself with illusions regarding the effectiveness of sanctions, thinking adversaries continue to...

So Little Pains Consulting
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Moral Hazard and International Politics
Moral hazard is the notion that entities -- individuals, firms, even countries -- are more likely to take risks when they are protected...

SLP Consulting
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Thinking through Second- and Third-Order Effects
Today's article of note discusses one stream of first- and second-order effects of the recent and tragic earthquake in Taiwan --...

SLP Consulting
Apr 3, 20241 min read
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Blissful Ignorance of the Elites
In today's article, "If National Security is the Goal, Then Leaving TikTok Alone Is the Answer," (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articl...

SLP Consulting
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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What We're Reading -- "Why America Can't Have It all"
Few American leaders--elected, appointed, and/or in business--think seriously about how and why the United States should act on the...

SLP Consulting
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Skeptical
Today, we are being warned (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-intel-chairman-serious-national-security-threat/index.html and...

SLP Consulting
Feb 14, 20241 min read
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What We're Watching -- the German Economy
As goes Germany, so goes Europe. https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/germany-really-big-trouble-perfect-storm-terrible-trends-paints-blea...

SLP Consulting
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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What We're Watching -- South American Tension
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuela-deploys-military-to-oil-rich-guyanas-border-06613730 "Venezuela is backing up its threats to...

SLP Consulting
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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What We're Reading -- The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave, by Mustafa Suleyman (2023) (Page 105) "...technologies from X-ray machines to AK-47s have always proliferated, with...

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Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Jan 26, 20240 min read
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What We're Reading -- Range
Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein (Page 53) "Like chess masters and firefighters, premodern...

SLP Consulting
Jan 25, 20241 min read
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The National Debt Will Be Our Demise
(Photo courtesy of Purple Slog on Flickr) Here's a recent and easy to comprehend essay from Peter Schiff (https://substack.com/@schiffsov...

SLP Consulting
Jan 18, 20244 min read
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"Earn this"
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...

SLP Consulting
May 30, 20222 min read
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Things will never be the same (and that's okay)
In 2012, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy wrote an interesting and informative book, Resilience, Why Things Bounce Back. In it, Zolli and...

SLP Consulting
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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A Validation (of sorts)
It is rather heartening to see one of the world's most successful venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital, mirroring some of the same...

SLP Consulting
Mar 6, 20201 min read
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Second- and Third-Order Effects
Most individuals -- executives and independent contributors alike -- are not accustomed to thinking in terms of second- and third-order...

SLP Consulting
Mar 2, 20202 min read
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The Long View
"In just a matter of weeks, top economists and investment bank analysts have gone from expecting the coronavirus outbreak to have minimal...

SLP Consulting
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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Pandemics WORST Best Practices
Unsurprisingly, the spread of the novel coronavirus is radically expanding. Outbreaks in northern Italy and South Korea, combined with...

SLP Consulting
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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What makes a patriot?
Here's a perspective that I provided to America's future generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4MyA-MNwd4

SLP Consulting
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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