There Are No Good Ways to End an Empire. But There Are Even Worse Ones.

In 1883, a strange manuscript was dismissed as a forgery. Now scholars say it was real.

You can’t keep putting it off for long.

Advice on how to live an extraordinary life

A song from the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus has the right wing up in arms

The eleven attitudes and behaviors that repel non-believers

A short rant for the writing community.

How Britain Chose to Self-Destruct and Make Itself a Global Laughingstock

Among the things I never thought I’d actually have to say, let alone prove, while responding to reader comments

It’s a pet peeve of mine that Stoicism is constantly referred to as a “practical philosophy”. The implied message in this label, sometimes…

A simple three-step method that anyone can use to build the life they want, have fun and make a giant impact on the world.

Hanlon’s razor: never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

How the Wheel of Fortune points you toward success

Based on me reading a lot of them

Why the Rest of the World Doesn’t Know Whether to Be Baffled, Horrified, or Dumbstruck by America Right Now

The smarter you become, the less you speak.

I spent hundreds of hours with Donald Trump to ghost-write ‘The Art of the Deal.’ I now see a deeper meaning behind his behavior.

I’ll admit it. These words have been helping me lately.

The World is Still 10% Rich + White, and 90% Poor + Not White. Can a Civilization Like That Survive?

Which one are you?