Culture Law & Politics
The Five Best Podcasts – Culture, News, Politics
Five of my current favorite podcasts, covering culture, news, and politics.
Book Reviews My Writing
A Gentleman in Moscow – A Lesson in Purpose and Sophistication
A pure joy – that’s the best way I can describe A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Not only will you learn lessons in sophistication, but more importantly, what it means to have purpose.
Food
Momofuku Noodle Bar – The Original
Restauranteur David Chang may have a restaurant empire now, but there is little substitution for this OG ramen shop with the best pork buns around.
Essays My Writing
Training Like “The Rock”
As I near the end of my 30th year, which I bemoaned in a previous post (A Letter To My 60-Year Old Self), I am making a concerted effort to reach my peak physical condition. Call it a 1/3 life crisis. But you could really just call it an effort Read more
Law & Politics
Midterm Prep – What to Watch and Read
There is a lot of noise in the media and from the President’s twitter account in advance of the U.S. Midterm Elections on Tuesday, November 6. Sifting through this morass can be challenging at best – below are a few sources you should read or watch, especially if you are Read more
Book Reviews My Writing
Ulysses S. Grant – An Archetype of American Leadership
Why this unassuming and simple man presents the archetype of American leadership and the model for what a President should be.
Book Reviews My Writing
Stephen King Writes Non-Fiction Too
Many may know this fact by now, but Stephen King, the decorated novelist, once wrote a non-fiction book. Although I am fairly late to the game, considering he published On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft in 2000, I am happy to have finally discovered this gem. By way of Read more
Essays My Writing
Bring Back the Sonics
This past week, Kevin Durant showed Seattle some love. It was the city where he started his career after the Sonics drafted him with the second overall pick in the 2007 draft. He only spent one season in Seattle, but the city and culture clearly left an impression on him, Read more
Book Reviews My Writing
The Little Paris Bookshop: A Review
What a delightful read. I purchased this book at an independent bookstore in Austin, Texas (BookPeople). Nothing about it screams Austin, nor does it have anything to do with Texas or the American south. Far from it, in fact. It is a story of a Frenchman who lives in Paris Read more
Law & Politics
The Republican Kavanaugh Hypocrisy
I have not shied from voicing my displeasure toward the Republican Party as of late. Too often in the past they’ve taken the moral high ground, particularly during the Clinton administration (where we discussed the President’s sex life for 2 full years), only to smack themselves with hypocrisy once one Read more