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How War Teaches Us To Live - And Eat - With Gratitude
Or eating watermelon in a war zone with Ernst Jünger
Feb 4
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Sam Alaimo
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January 2025
Why Chivalry Will Never Die
From J.R.R. Tolkien, to C.S. Lewis, to hunter-gatherers
Jan 28
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Sam Alaimo
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What A Green Beret Can Teach Us About Helplessness
Or how to learn self-command
Jan 21
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Sam Alaimo
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With Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground
Jan 14
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Sam Alaimo
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How To Cure Night Anxiety
And what we can learn from Black Hawk
Jan 7
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Sam Alaimo
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December 2024
A Rendezvous With Death Reveals The Value Of Life
A riff on Alan Seegers war poem
Dec 31, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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Why Christmas Is A Time To Pause
And what Seneca has to do with it
Dec 24, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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The Cure For Boredom Is A Stalk
Or walking with the SOG in Vietnam
Dec 17, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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Why We Should Suffer In Silence
A lesson from the Frogmen of D-Day
Dec 10, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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How Dogs Add Value to Both Life and Death
And what a Natufian hunter-gatherer woman has to do with it
Dec 3, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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November 2024
Book Review: "How to Think Like Socrates" by Donald Robertson
And how war may have shaped Socrates' philosophy
Nov 26, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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What Counting Coup Teaches Us About Risk-Taking
Embracing free play and counting coup for the existential risks of our time
Nov 26, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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