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Second Order Thinking
Cause and effect are relentless, not always in a good way.
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Blessed Assurance Too Often Rejected
On annuities and sales.
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What We’re Vacillatin’ Be-tweeeeen
Getting a good handle on the available options.
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Investment Beliefs
The 150th TBL.
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The Better Letter: Rhyming Set to Music
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Don’t Be Stupid
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As John Lennon wrote, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
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Don’t Be Stupid
Not being stupid matters more than being smart, but...
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The Index Mindset
To index or not to index, that is the question.
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Math Problems
How's your bracket? Mine, too.
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Lie Witness News
Much of what we think of as “self-knowledge” is ongoing self-interpretation.
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We’re All Reasonabilists Sometimes
Biased reasoning is ideologically symmetrical.
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Michelle Pfeiffer Needs Help?
She didn't, but she got it anyway.
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The Umpire Strikes Back
We’re unlikely to tell it straight. Slant is the best to which we can aspire.
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VII Super Bowl Lessons
Super Bowl LVII offers insights into investing and life.
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