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No Nork nukes yet: Is James “Kill ’em all” Mattis an amiable spy in the house of malice?

Donald Trump is an Id pretending to be a Di. Because he is pretending, he is beyond easy to manipulate, and he insulates himself from that risk by being capricious: You can have Trump’s ear until you either bore or upstage … Continue reading

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DISC-my-way

DISC is how you choose and why.Photo by: David Geitgey SierralupeDISC as I use that term is a way of understanding most human choices as the habituated outcome of empathy strategies adopted in childhood. Toddlers deploy admixtures of strategies based … Continue reading

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The Better Sons-in-Law Society: A skate-parking date movie for the whole family.

The skate-park is Planet Dutch Uncle: Everyone is working out his own father-hunger, and there is no ‘authoritah’ except ongoing, thoroughgoing excellence.Photo by: Rodrigo AmorimHere’s a story for you, a father/daughter teen rom-com: A skate-parking Accidental Dad pushing 30 – … Continue reading

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Q: Why does nothing ever seem to change? A: All you’re trying to change is nothing.

How do people know conservatives favor reptilian empathy?Image by: Derek BridgesTrump can’t win. The GOP-majority Congress can’t win. The Tea Party can’t win. The amassed roar of redneck rage can’t win. How is it that the majority can’t win anything? I can … Continue reading

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Ayn Rand’s 7 helpful tips for wrecking your marriage with a total, lifelong commitment.

That Robert Tracinski is a hard-working carney!Photo by: Paul SablemanRobert Tracinski braced yet another cleansing ritual yesterday, seeking absolution from the goddess of his idolatry with his umpteenth mountain of cotton-candy praise. Kim Jong-un should have such an apple polisher. … Continue reading

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If the very best fathers are Dsci, what would be the ideal DISC strategy for a Dutch Uncle to deploy?

There is no Ideal Man, but there is an ideal Dutch Uncle DISC profile: Dsci.Photo by: Kaaren PerryHard to come up with a question more obtuse than that. But answering it repays effort, I think. If you are an actual Dutch Uncle in … Continue reading

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What’s the secret to raising generation after generation of great families? The right map.

Us against the world?This is how it’s done.The only families who reliably raise great families – good kids who grow up to raise good kids – are what I call Testudo families: Dad has persuaded everyone in the family to … Continue reading

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Habituating reliability: The curse of the unreliable Dutch Uncle – and how to cure it.

Mutiny is the reliable proxy signal of unreliable leadership.Photo by: Javonni ChristopherThere is a category of cinema we might as well call the dutch uncle movie. (Yes, it is taxing to talk to me, since the same terms come up … Continue reading

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Love and reliability: Marriage takes to the sky.

The Unfallen, a novel of love and indomitability, available at Amazon.com.I may make church later this morning, just so I can laugh at myself. I’m getting ready to deal with the idea of reliability – which is what Driven/Sociable civilization … Continue reading

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#ThriversEd: Snagging the wrench out of the works with self-improvement for the not-yet self-aware.

“You’re following all this, right?”Photo by: Daniel X. O’NeilTrue confession: I can be fun to be around – for a while. But eventually I start to wear on almost everyone, because I can be juggling so many eggs, torches, bowling … Continue reading

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What’s the Stone Soup game? In three quick minutes – what have you got?

You bring what you’ve got. I’ll bring what I’ve got. Together we’ll have a feast of the mind.Photo by: Paul JosephStone Soup is not just one of the earliest of the ThriversEd games, as with the Dutch Uncle game, it encapsulates … Continue reading

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Why did those fussy old schoolmarms make such a fetish of useless subjects like penmanship?

Q: If a kid has a fidget toy, what doesn’t he have?A: Enough to do with his hands.Photo by: fidgetcircleDon’t confuse me. I don’t love top-down, outside-in education any way it’s done. But still: There are better and worse ways … Continue reading

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The independence you crave is freedom from Cautious tyranny – and only the Driven can deliver it.

Here’s a fun tweet from me (well, fun for me, anyway): How East Eats West: Jesus the Sc wed the Dc Greeks to the Ci Jews, yielding the Ds Anglosphere—now being devoured by Ci #Marxism and #Islam. — Greg Swann … Continue reading

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How #ThriversEd cultivates humanity’s greatest wealth: Good character.

Wealth is created by people of good character, not by their pedigrees – or their posturing.Photo by: Sam valadiThe other day, I talked about The Dutch Uncle Game as a kid’s game, but it’s much more than that. I wrote the … Continue reading

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Laying claim to the land of The Dutch Uncle Game – which just might be everyplace.

Q: How do you tell a good leader from a poor one?A: Practice!Image by: Andrew KitzmillerThe Dutch Uncle Game is a temporary assertion of dominion over territory, and, hence, it is a game of appropriate authority – affectionately managing inclusion … Continue reading

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