“How Democrats Would Tax High-Income Professionals (Not Just the Mega-Rich)” in The New York Times LINK
“The Amber Room” on History.com LINK
A lost masterpiece…
“The Case for Checking a Bag (and other travel complaints)” on Medium.com
Today is expected to be one of the busiest air travel days of the year, with an estimated 2.7 million passengers. Whether or not you’re one of them, if you travel by plane a fair bit, you will enjoy this essay. LINK
“How Harriet Tubman Led a Civil War Raid That Freed More Than 700 From Slavery” on History.com LINK
Bob Bly on Changing Careers Later in life
“One of the major keys to happiness is choosing your career wisely and if possible early on in your life.
“According to an article in Personality and Social Psychology, a leading cause of regret in older people is their career choice.
“This intensifies as the years pass because as people age, it becomes increasingly difficult to switch careers.
“Therefore, many people feel stuck in careers that are not fulfilling or maybe weren’t their first choice.
“This is not a rare occurrence: In a Harris survey, 80% of workers in their 20s… and 54% of workers in their 40s… said they wanted to change careers.
“Now, I’m not saying that you can’t change careers when your hair turns gray; many of my subscribers tell me they have done it.
“Still, in my observation, the older you get, the number of options available to you shrinks, in both your work and personal life.
“For instance, I am 62. Let’s say I decide I want to switch careers (I don’t) and become a pediatrician, which is something that appealed to me when I was in my teens (I love kids).
“I don’t think at this point I could get into medical school, nor would I have enough mental and physical stamina to keep up with my 20-something classmates.
“If the medical school takes 4 years and my residency takes 3 years, I can begin practicing pediatrics at age 69 – and today the average doctor retires at age 65.
“So switching from copywriting to pediatrics at age 62 hardly seems practical. But at age 25, that career change was a realistic option for me.
“It seems the more candles you have on your birthday cake, the narrower your selection of career and life opportunities becomes.
“I close with a relevant story….
“At a college, just prior to the start of the freshmen term,students were standing in line to sign up for courses.
“Virtually all of them were in their late teens, except for one gray-haired, wrinkled, and slightly stooped over fellow who looked to be at least age 70.
“The kid behind him tapped him on the shoulder and asked,‘Excuse me, but how old are you, sir?’
“The man replied that he was 72.
“‘Holey Moley!’ the teen exclaimed. ‘That means in 4 years,when you graduate, you’ll be 76!’
“‘Son,’ the older gent replied with a smile, ‘I’ll be 76 then anyway.’”
“ScorceseLand” in Taki’s Magazine
A fascinating review of Scorcese’s film “The Irishman” and several of the stories behind it.
The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer
* How 3 Magic Ingredients Can Help You Earn a Strong and Reliable Writing Income
* 10 Really Good Reasons to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Writing Business
* From the Brink of Burnout to the Best of Both Worlds…
* “Kinetic Mind Energy” for Head-Scratching, Humdinger Writing Projects
The latest issue of Independent Healing: “Prescription for Disaster”
80% of US medications are now made in Asian factories with abysmal quality control. The result? Taking prescription drugs has never been more dangerous. In the November issue, you’ll learn how to protect yourself and your family.
“The Persecution and Assassination of Donald J. Trump, Part 5″
In this essay, Bill Bonner’s take on the “deep state” is smarter and more realistic (less conspiratorial) most. It’s a perspective that should be seen by both the right and the left. These 4 paragraphs were the highlight for me:
There are three legs to the Deep State stool. One controls the guns. Another seeks control over the voters. The third controls the money.
The most powerful and dangerous of the three legs is the one Dwight Eisenhower warned about: the military-industrial complex. It’s gotten much more complex… and much more powerful… since Eisenhower outed it in 1961.
The second leg is the politically correct, mostly culturally liberal, non-deplorable elite who dominate the universities, the media, and the Health, Education, and Welfare complex.
Wall Street is the third leg. It is not interested in politics. It is interested in money itself. But it knows that today’s fake money comes from politics, and it does its part, along with the rest of the Deep State, to keep it flowing.
“The Brutalist Strain” in Taki’s Magazine
The Greeks and the Romans set the standard for architecture. They created buildings that were not only beautiful but functional, and they built them to last. Renaissance and Baroque architects elaborated on the classical principles and produced some impressive buildings. And for the following several hundred years, all the new “schools” of architecture were insignificant takeoffs.
But in the modern era, something terrible happened in architecture that has only gotten worse over the years. The telos of the field shifted from what is good for the user to what will make the architect more important. The result was all the bastardized, impractical, and ephemeral crap that has come into prominence since then. Among the worst was the so-called Brutalist school of architecture. In this essay, Theodore Dalrymple takes on the defenders of this indefensible genre.