Category: culture
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What's Your Rhythm?
I recently had an exchange with a friend during which I recalled that at different periods, his energy level on certain issues seemed to go up and down. That got me to thinking about my own energy and attention levels. I have long been aware that my effectiveness and energy follow a pretty strong sine…
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A Vision For 2009
Through my friend Cynthia Cotte Griffiths, I discovered a great way to put together a vision to guide oneself. Just in time, too! Most years I spend New Year’s Day writing out my goals for the coming year. This year, for some reason, I did not do that and I have been hankering to get…
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Home Economics
I’ve been staying up late, working into the wee hours, and all day on weekend days, crunching to get a project done. It’s got me thinking about working at home versus working at an office — and how the lines are blurring more and more. My own “work life” is tightly integrated into my “home…
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Eating On One Dollar A Day
My friend Christina told me about the One Dollar Diet Project. No, it is not really a diet program. It is a couple (Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard) who decided to spend one month eating on one dollar a day each. About 15% of the world’s population, or 1 billion people, subsists on this amount.…
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Thieves: Don't Take My Phone!
My wallet got stolen yesterday. I fell victim to a rash of thievery at my gym: at least four other guys got hit. I had locked my locker like I always do; when I returned after my workout and started turning the knob, something felt funny. The knob turned harder than usual. Then the combo…
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White Men Can't Talk
The article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. There is a priceless moment in Oliver Stone’s unfairly maligned The Doors, when our heroes are prepping to go on the Ed Sullivan Show. They are met by a stage assistant, a real twerp, who informs them that, “The network guys have a problem with one…
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White Men Can’t Talk
The article by me first appeared in Pajamas Media. There is a priceless moment in Oliver Stone’s unfairly maligned The Doors, when our heroes are prepping to go on the Ed Sullivan Show. They are met by a stage assistant, a real twerp, who informs them that, “The network guys have a problem with one…
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You Lose
This article first appeared in Pajamas Media. My middle school daughter has announced that her new favorite president is Calvin Coolidge. I do not believe it is due to his business-first approach to the Roaring Twenties. My daughter, herself a girl of few words, admires “Silent Cal” for his terseness. Would that this quality were…
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Your Words Hurt Me
The article first appeared (in slightly different form) in Pajamas Media. Much is being written at the moment about a list of no-no words circulated by an office of the Army. Compiled by someone with expertise in equal opportunity matters, the list purports to be 76 examples of words that simply should not be used…
Brad Rourke 