Missive #741 Published 22 Jun 2026
A novel of nine linked parables about globalization, ambition, hope, love, and greed spanning two decades and eight countries.….Merry-Go-Round Broke Down is a genre-breaking novel that explores globalization's "butterfly effect": how choices made in one corner of the world ignited an unstoppable chain of consequences that upended lives across continents.
Missive #740 Published 21 Jun 2026
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Federal Farmer IX
by Federal Farmer
Missive #739 Published 19 Jun 2026
144. The Cow and the Colt
Nasruddin’s donkey had given birth but died in labor.
Nasruddin wanted to save the donkey’s colt, but that meant giving it milk from the cow, and Nasruddin needed that cow’s milk for his own family.
In despair, he prayed. “O God,” he cried, “please relieve me of this burden and take the little colt into heaven as you did its mother.”
Nasruddin was shocked to discover the next morning that his cow was dead, not the colt.
“O God,” he cried, “I don’t understand! How is it possible that you can’t tell the difference between a cow and a donkey?”
Missive #738 Published 17 Jun 2026
This Revised New Century Edition provides many new, relevant examples from recent events and contemporary popular culture, including the ever-increasing global proliferation of McDonald′s and other fast food franchises, shopping malls, and similar commercial entities. Their impact is examined in the post-September 11, 2001 era.
Missive #737 Published 16 Jun 2026
Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive.
We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For decades, establishment elites
sold us the story of immigration as a compassionate renewal of the American Dream within a harmonious melting pot.
ut beneath that narrative lies a different Mass migration has morphed into the most powerful political weapon ever aimed at the United States—one engineered by elites at home and aided by adversaries abroad. Now Peter Schweizer, the bestselling investigative journalist of our time, is blowing the lid off this whole series of schemes, ….
Missive #736 Published 15 Jun 2026
This is the third book that I have read by the members of the Blue Collar group. I'm reading them off and on while reading more serious books to give me a break. One more to go.
Missive #735 Published 14 Jun 2026
Continuing The Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 75
The Treaty Making Power of the Executive
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #734 Published 13 Jun 2026
In The Future of Men, Grace draws on research, interviews and her own experience to examine how these dynamics and presumptions have shifted in her lifetime, and will continue to change in coming decades. Men have been writing about the future of women since words came into existence now Grace returns the favour with this sharp, funny and personal essay.
Missive #733 Published 12 Jun 2026
143. The Donkey on the Ledge
As Nasruddin was leading his donkey down a steep mountain path, the donkey stumbled and fell.
“O God,” Nasruddin shouted, “if you save my poor donkey, I’ll donate a gold coin to the mosque!”
Miraculously, the donkey landed on the ledge below. Nasruddin was amazed. “Thank you, God!” he exclaimed. “I had no idea you were so desperate for cash!”
Then the ledge under the donkey started to crumble.
“Okay, God, okay! I’ll donate two gold coins.”
Then the ledge collapsed and the donkey plunged to its death. Nasruddin sighed. “I never thought God would drive such a hard bargain.”
Missive #732 Published 10 Jun 2026
Luke Stone was alone. And he liked it that way.An ex-bodyguard, sworn never to protect again after his last failure, Luke needed no one. Until he met Jessica Chan.A journalist with a dark past, Jessica had uncovered deadly information that made her a target. And only Luke stood between her and certain death. She was everything he didn't a woman who attracted trouble…and attracted him. But as assassins closed in and emotions ran high, Jessica might become everything he needed.….