Amen amen.

Airports these days are a perfect picture of American affluenza. The US upper-ish class has too much money, but never enough. Lots of suspicious “pre-boarders,” teens in designer clothes, $500 headphones muttering ‘what?’ to flight staff. There are like 50 people in “boarding

Tombstone (1993) Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday is pitch perfect in every respect. I know people who adore this movie and it's always for the same reason... Val Kilmer. He was awesome, this is probably the movie I'll be watching tonight. RIP Val Kilmer

Sports! The absolute best! Ovi’s teammates were elated for him. The Blackhawks showing him immense love. What a scene.

If only non-profit leaders and pastors saw this wisdom...

Good Friday Reversals in the Bible.

Everyone says they’d pay more for “Made in the USA.” I tested it. We make a $129 filtered showerhead manufactured in China. With tariffs surging to 170%, we explored reshoring. We found a U.S. supplier. Our costs nearly tripled. I ran a clean A/B test: 👇

People were correct on the poll! The price we got to make our product in the US was $124.95 Which doesn't include shipping to our 3PL, fulfilling to the customer, Amazon fees, etc. Even with the 145% tariff my landed cost (making & getting my product to my warehouse in

Although Frodo failed at the Cracks of Doom, he was saved by his prior virtue in pitying Gollum. Tolkien explains in a letter to Michael Straight: "He did rob him and injure him in the end – but by a 'grace', that last betrayal was at a precise juncture when the final evil deed

Ummm

THIS: boriquagato.substack.com/p/will-ai-shri…

If you're considering small business acquisitions in any form, I HIGHLY recommend this in-person gathering. Sam Rosati has created something special -- not because he has to (he does quite well in his ventures), but because he likes to. That's a gift to his students.

What an inheritance.

I was at a real estate event last year and found myself in a group of 5 or 6 people discussing the market. I stood there in disbelief as one guy spoke - every word sounded like it had been pulled straight from a thesaurus. One unnecessary, overly complex word after another. I

I never knew that I needed my favorite modern thinker Timothy Keller (1950-2023) to speak about marketing, advertising, and selling… But I really did. podcast.gospelinlife.com/e/selling-%e2%…

Before law school, I worked with a bunch of sales bros with low-tier state school educations who made good money, drank a ton of Red Bull, bought stocks they knew nothing about, owned McMansions in the suburbs and were having way more babies than was probably responsible. Those

"Parents regret the technologies they gave, not the technologies they withheld." Almost no parents think they waited too long to give their kids smartphones and social media. From our latest survey with The Harris Poll nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opi…