We’re six weeks into 2026, and there have already been six campus shootings this year, with five dead and three injured. I don’t want my daughter’s school on this list — but then, I don’t want ANY more schools on this list. It’s time to stop pretending this is ok.
What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis
I understand that spending three days on the ground in Minneapolis is not real perspective. But it brought home something that may not be obvious from afar: Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population.
“War” is the operative word here.
I need people not here to understand… There has been no “drawdown”, that was a ruse to get the news cycle to move along. This describes the conditions we are living under now.
U2 – American Obituary (Lyric Video)
The worst can’t kill what’s best in us… But they can try.
New from The Man Who Never Sleeps — Do Less yet Achieve More.
I was not looking for a new RSS reader, and I have not downloaded and tried this one yet. Linking because I’m impressed with the thoughtfulness that was put into and the design with which it is presented. Good job.
Make something that means something.
You don’t have to think outside of the box when you don’t put yourself in one in the first place.
Valentines Day dinner at home…

Tonight was a two glasses of red wine with two different cuts of steak night enjoyed at a Brazilian steakhouse bar with dear friends (and my lovely bride of course). Perfect.
Bethany and I are in our bottle of wine a night era.