Personal development

Eilish Grows Up and Feels Better

Kylee Griswold writes for the Federalist about an interesting development in the pop culture world. Billie Eilish looks and sounds different than she did four and five and six years…

Rob Lowe cited in positive light at National Review: Man bites dog?

Those of us who remember actor Rob Lowe’s exploits in the 1980s are likely to be at least a bit surprised by positive coverage of Lowe at National Review Online.…

Why Failure Can Be a Good Thing

I know an amazingly successful business person who says she failed at a lot of things before finding success. I thought of my friend as I read this piece on…

Each Of Us Can Set an Example, Each Of Us Can Change a Life

My father had little formal education. He took care of my mom, me, and my three siblings by earning money with his back and his brawn. He worked for more…

Truth May Hurt, but –

This quote attributed to Theodore Roosevelt is dedicated in all sincerity to all those who may have had their feelings hurt by my armchair commentaries. It’s not the critic who…

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Me

Reconsider Me

From Lust to Enlightenment

Sam Hieb, editor of the Triad blog, “Piedmont Publius,” went to college for all the wrong reasons but? ended up with the right ideas. Read his story, the latest in…

Change

I knew I had seen people make change before.

Re: Tagged

JLF pal Jerry Agar responds to my tag: 1. One book that changed my life: Be Your Own Brand by David McNally and Karl Speak. It got me to give…