Missive #545 Published 10 August 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No.53
The Same Subject Continued: The House of Representatives
Author: Alexander Hamilton or James MadisonTo the People of the State of New York:
Uncategorized
Missive #544 Published 8 August 2025
99. Nasruddin Thinks of Soup
Nasruddin was hungry, but he had nothing to eat in the house. He sat in the kitchen, dreaming of soup. A nice noodle soup with beans and lentils, some onion and spinach, seasoned with some turmeric, yogurt on the side…
Then, as Nasruddin was thinking about that soup, he heard a knock at the door. It was his neighbor’s young son.
“Please, Nasruddin,” said the boy, “if you have cooked a pot of soup here, may we please have some?”
The boy then held out an empty bowl.
“Incredible!” Nasruddin exclaimed. “The neighbors can smell even the thought of soup.”
Missive #543 Published 5 August 2025
This book is not recommended for those of you that are overly sensitive. As one reviewer said "If you suffer insomnia or still believe in monsters hide under your beds this book is not great fit for you".
Missive #542 Published 3 August 2025
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
John DeWitt II
by John DeWitt
To the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Missive #541 Published 2 August 2025
It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. …This immersive exploration of loyalty, valor, and the indomitable spirit of the soldiers who shaped history is the first in an action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare.
Missive #540 Published 1 August 2025
98. Nasruddin Goes Upstairs
Nasruddin had invited his friends to dinner. “They’re coming right behind me,” he said to his wife when he got home.
“But there’s no food in the house!” she exclaimed.
“What will we do?” groaned Nasruddin.
“Go upstairs! I’ll do the rest.”
A moment later, Nasruddin’s friends knocked at the door. “Your husband invited us for dinner!” they said.
“Alas, my husband has gone out,” his wife told them. “I don’t know when he’ll be back.”
“But we saw him come in!”
“I could have gone out the back!” Nasruddin shouted from upstairs. “You didn’t think of that, did you?”
Missive #539 Published 30 July 2025
There is only a very small part of the book that has anything to say about an economic collapse. The vast majority of the book is the usual 'prepper' stuff but you would need to be in the 1% or upper middle income bracket to afford following his recommendations. Not a recommended book.
Missive #538 Published 27 July 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers
Federalist No.52
The House of Representatives
Author: Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #537 Published 25 July 2025
97. Big Pot, Little Pot
Nasruddin borrowed a big cooking pot from his neighbor. When he returned it, he placed a little pot inside the big pot.“What’s this?” asked his neighbor.
“Your big pot gave birth to a little baby pot,” Nasruddin explained.
The neighbor laughed, and he kept the little pot.
Nasruddin borrowed the big pot again later, but he didn’t return it.
When his neighbor asked for it back, Nasruddin said, “I’m sorry, but your pot died.”
“What do you mean it died?” exclaimed the neighbor. “Pots can’t die!”
“If pots can give birth, of course they can die,” replied Nasruddin, smiling.
Missive #536 Published 23 July 2025
An unconventional ode to the wonders of mesquite. Call it a love affair or an obsession: Award-winning nature writer and ethnobiologist Nabhan (Ethnobiology for the Future: Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity, 2016, etc.) has a thing for mesquite. Early on he writes rapturously of his desire to become a tree, or at least to become more like a tree—and not just any tree. In his view, the mesquite is of singular importance as an icon, a framer of one’s worldview, a foodstuff, a beverage, a seasoning, a medicine, an antiseptic, a source of fiber and fuel, and a resource for architects and artisans.