Security is more valuable than luxury.
What Do the Buyback Stipulations in the $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Mean for the Stock Market?
The first time I saw Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas was the summer after my freshman year of college, when I took an introductory film studies course. That was the same class that introduced me to Woody Allen’s Annie Hall.
In retrospect, that was a fucking great course.
Aphorism No. 128
There’s more to making humans than having sex.
What Can We Learn From China’s Coronavirus Economic Recovery?
I’m no expert in physics, but according to some guy named … checking Wikipedia … some guy named Albert Einstein, space and time are basically versions of each other.
Is that wrong? … checking Wikipedia … you know, I don’t know. Space and time might be versions of each other. That doesn’t sound totally incorrect.
Again, I’m no expert in physics. I’m not a physician.
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Aphorism No. 127
Even the righteous have demons as allies.
Rewatching Margin Call During the Coronavirus Crisis
I wouldn’t say that the 2011 film Margin Call is actually a great movie, but it’s one that has somehow stuck in my mind since I first saw it.
Based on the events of the 2008 financial crisis, Margin Call seems especially relevant as we move further into a coronavirus-induced recession.
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Aphorism No. 126
To most of the world, misfortune is an abstraction.
Six Nonfiction Books I Want to Read During the Coronavirus Crisis
The coronapocalypse is on, so instead of watching sports I hope to read some books.
Life is tough.
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Aphorism No. 125
We honor the Constitution of the United States most when we amend it.
Top Five American Novels of All Time
As I write this, my daily life has been radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. (And let’s hope it won’t be necessary in the future for me to write something like “the outbreak of 2022” or “the contagion of 2025.”)
As a sports writer, I have much less to cover now that most sports events on the planet have been postponed or canceled, so it’s an excellent time to catch up on my reading.