For my friend, Grant. ===== WSJ 2/3/2018 BY ALEX HUTCHINSON The Mental Tricks Of Athletic Endurance Olympians often seem to achieve the impossible in competition. But what about the rest of us? New research suggests that even weekend athletes can dramatically extend their physical and psychological limits. For the Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdič, the unlikely key to Olympic glory was misdiagnosis. While warming... Read more
Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category
The Interconnected World and Martin Luther?
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, TechnologySome thoughts about how things change, and yet how much stays the same… ========= By Niall Ferguson Originally published in The Sunday Times, October 1, 2017 Just as Martin Luther’s utopian vision and the invention of the printing press led to an era of religious war and turmoil, the internet, hailed as a portal to a better world, is threatening democracy The hyperconnected world was... Read more
Very, Very Rare Commodities
December 23 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Interesting, Personal DevelopmentHow about you? Got silence? ====== Silence, by Erling Kagge Reviewed by Sara Wheeler, WSJ 12/22/2017 Twenty-five years ago, the Norwegian adventurer Erling Kagge trekked solo across Antarctica without a radio (actually, the aviation company that flew him to the coast insisted that he take one, and he did—but he dumped the batteries in the plane’s trash bin). The experience of being alone for... Read more
‘What Are You?’ They Ask My Son
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Immigration, InterestingIf this isn’t the best you have read this week, pity you! ===== WSJ 10/27/2017 By Michael Meyer My son is 5. He was born in Hong Kong and spent the past two years in Singapore. We returned to the U.S. so he could grow up here, and the culture shock has been minimal: Like his fellow kindergartners, Benji loves Legos and belting out... Read more
Joseph Rago, WSJ Editorial Writer, Dies at 34
July 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingSome really great writing, especially thinking early 30s. RIP https://www.wsj.com/articles/joseph-rago-wall-street-journal-editorial-writer-dies-at-34-1500666198 ====== WSJ By Jennifer Levitz Updated July 21, 2017 4:31 p.m. ET Joseph Rago, a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer at The Wall Street Journal who was known for his richly reported pieces and influence on policy makers, was found dead Thursday evening at his home in Manhattan. He was 34 years old. The New York... Read more
The Left’s War on Free Speech – Imprimis
May 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Strassel, The LeftAt least read the first 7 paragraphs… ==== The following is adapted from a speech delivered on April 26, 2017, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. I like to introduce the topic of free speech with an anecdote about my children. I have three... Read more
