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I will discuss the framework for business quality analysis – 7 Powers, invented by Hamilton Helmer who distilled his decades of management consulting experience into a single book. Competitive strategy is one of the very few things in investing that are so powerful that it CAN be applied to every company you will ever analyze. I always recommend candidates equip themselves with this skill because it really separates you from your peers in compounding your knowledge once you have this framework down.

To describe Michael Crichton as “larger than life” is almost underselling it. He was a novelist, a screenwriter, a doctor, and an adventurer. He measured as tall in real life as Harry Dresden does on the page (six-foot-nine.) He was married five times. At one point in the 1990s, he had the #1 best-selling book, the #1 theatrical film release, and the #1 most-watched primetime TV show (ER). Did I mention that he paid for school by writing throwaway thriller novels in between all of his classwork?

A little more laying of the groundwork here: I noted in the introduction to this site that one recurring feature will be a column based on an essay of mine called “Books from a Vanished Library” that served as the prelude to my collection The Dream-Child’s Progress (Angelico, 2017).  The guiding conceit of that piece was that of a list of books one might take on a holiday journey, but the real purpose behind it was to recommend books whose chief virtue—in addition, of course, to their indubitable high literary value and exquisite beauty and aesthetic grandeur and so forth and so on—was their obscurity.

Well here it is. Album #6: Bootcut. That’s a lot of albums since this thing started sometime around 2009. Some of you have been around since then. Thank you for that, or for whenever you came on board. This one was made in Nashville with actual professionals who have a bunch of cool people that people put next their names in parentheses (Elvis, Johnny Cash). That way you know that they’re better at music than you

I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads. By Susan Bordo · Over 2,000 subscribersNo thanks“Varied musings and analysis of an important feminist philosopher and cultural critic. Bordo's has led the way in bringing the best of academic culture and insight into the wider reach of the general public.

Borough Park in Brooklyn is between Kensington, Bensonhurst, and Sunset Park. Its borders are Ninth Avenue to the west, McDonald and 21st Avenues to the east, Greenwood Cemetery to the north, and 60th Street to the south. Most people who live there eschew the "ugh," preferring the diminutive designation Boro Park. The land that encompasses the neighborhood was colonized by Dutch settlers in 1652 as part of New Utrecht, the last of the original six towns founded in Kings County.

The Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers matchup is very intriguing and I think the Pacers offense can give the Celtics defense some problems. In this breakdown I will try to look at both sides of the ball and take a look at some X’s & O’s and how they will both try to attack each other. 2024 Uconn National Champions Playbook | 2024 NCAA Tournament Playbook | NCAA Tournament Bundle (2018-2023)

This week’s email is short and sweet because I’ve been in LA to attend the Daytime Emmy Awards. Woot! Although we didn’t bring home the big prize, being at the ceremony was an experience of a lifetime. Here are some highlights . . . As if that wasn’t grand enough, I also got to visit with my son, Henri, and his fiance, Sarah, who now lives in LA. I win!

I have a hard time believing that Freddie doesn't read Matt's Substack and only follows his Twitter feed, but this piece certainly reads like that. But for those who really don't read Slow Boring (Yglesias' Substack), the two have essentially nothing in common. Matt's Twitter feed is indeed snarky and condescending. It's clearly part blowing off steam, part meant to annoy and make fun of people Matt doesn't like, and a large part marketing for his Substack.