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Bryan McGrath on Leadership in the Navy, Writing, Retirement, and His 'Own Walden'
Why "Relentless Excellence" became his command philosophy
Mar 5
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Silver Medalist: June Carter Cash
Press on. And forgive.
Jul 11, 2024
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Silver Medalist: Fox Conner
Eisenhower's forgotten mentor
Oct 11, 2022
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself While Walking
Sep 27, 2024
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The Body Issue
Feb 15, 2023
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A Small Sanctuary of Beauty and Reflection
Jan 29
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I Love You, Mom. We Love You. We Are Very Proud to be Your Sons
Sep 16, 2025
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May 4, 2025
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60 Quotes on Walking
Feb 13, 2025
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We Transform Ourselves When We Walk
Nov 20, 2025
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A Small Sanctuary of Beauty and Reflection
On visiting Holy Hills Hermitage
Jan 29
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Reminder -- TONIGHT's Conversation on Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East
I am hosting a conversation on Hermann Hesse’s 1932 novel, The Journey to the East, this evening, Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm ET.
Apr 16
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What I Read Q1 2026
A quarter filled with classics -- American and French novels and Buddhist scripture; Dragons and a master myth-teller; health, fitness and fixin' my…
Mar 26
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Staring at a Painting for Three Hours
Reflections on doing the focus exercise from Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks
Feb 26
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A Book Conversation on Hermann Hesse’s Journey to the East - April 16th, 6pm ET
Travel through space and time with Plato, Baudelaire, Paul Klee, Lao Tse, Albertus Magnus and Don Quixote
Feb 12
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Everything, Everywhere, All the Time
A review of Chuck Klosterman's new book, Football
Feb 5
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What I Read Q4 2025
Donna Tartt's The Secret History; Frankenstein and Dracula; More on Traditionalism from Pallis and Coomaraswamy; on freewriting; and the beginning of…
Jan 1
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It’s Christmas Day! The Spirits Have Done It All in One Night!
Reflections on my 30th annual reading of A Christmas Carol
Dec 18, 2025
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