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By Rich Marin | February 21, 2026 by Rich Marin

Will wonders never cease…the Supreme Court actually did something right for almost the first time since the Roberts court came into session. In addition to the three liberal justices, Sotomayor, Kaplan and Ketanji Brown, those in favor of restricting Trump from using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as justification for using tariffs as a cudgel against other countries, were Roberts, Gorsuch and Coney Barrett. The voting patterns of SCOTUS make the Roberts and…

The World We Create

By Rich Marin | February 20, 2026February 18, 2026 by Rich Marin

I listened to a video that a friend made based on a letter of advice he had sent to his granddaughter on the occasion of her going off to college. He was giving her advice about how to make friends and specifically how to selectively establish relationships that will help you create the world you want to inhabit as you go forward. It was all perfectly good advice, but one thing struck me about his…

Fiction/Humor Memoir

Bowling for Memories

By Rich Marin | February 19, 2026 by Rich Marin

Tomorrow we are doing something I can’t remember doing for a long time…we are going bowling with a group of neighborhood friends. Growing up in Wisconsin in my elementary school days, bowling was a regular activity. I recall it was 35 cents per game, a dime to rent shoes and free to use any of the bowling balls you could find to fit your fingers. We would regularly roll three games and try like hell…

Memoir

Exploring the Mojave

By Rich Marin | February 18, 2026 by Rich Marin

I cancelled any plans for a ride this week due to what looked like rainy weather all week. It so happens that its clear and sunny today even though it rained a lot the last day or so. I felt OK about cancelling anyway since next week I am heading out for a ride into Death Valley for a few days. I’ve been to Death Valley a number of times, but its been a while…

Business Advice Memoir

The Epstein Spiral

By Rich Marin | February 17, 2026 by Rich Marin

Have you noticed how many of the rich and powerful elite of the world are getting mowed down by the Epstein Files? This story is the gift the keeps on giving in almost every direction and in almost every language except one. Teflon Trump continues to evade accountability for what is certainly now proven to be the deepest and most enduring close relationship with the pedophile that exists. The prolific mentions of Trump in those…

Love

Dominion

By Rich Marin | February 16, 2026 by Rich Marin

I seem to be in a virtuous cycle of watching movies with single word titles. Instinct (1999) is the latest. It’s a psychological thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr. Anthony Hopkins plays Dr. Ethan Powell, a renowned anthropologist who disappeared into the African wilderness to study mountain gorillas. Two years later, he’s found and arrested after killing two park rangers and injuring others. That makes it a blend of Gorillas in the Mist…

Business Advice Memoir Politics

Am I Happy Or Am I Sad?

By Rich Marin | February 15, 2026 by Rich Marin

Back in business school at Cornell, the most notable professor was a guy by the name of Hal Bierman. Hal taught finance. I had the unique experience of taking finance from Hal while his son was also taking finance. That’s a strange experience, but I’m sure it was more strange for both him and his son. Hal was a serious guy who tried hard to be pleasant and avuncular, but who always seemed more serious…

Love

Back to Reality

By Rich Marin | February 14, 2026 by Rich Marin

All life ebbs and flows. There are special times and mundane times. Things get exciting and then they get boring. There are moments of great hope and then come the depths of depression. Such is life. Even if we are people that enjoy the roller coaster ride with all its ups and downs, it would be hard for anyone to admit that it isn’t a bummer when you come off a high and have to…

Love Memoir

It’s All God’s Will

By Rich Marin | February 13, 2026February 11, 2026 by Rich Marin

I was watching a movie last night about the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm during World War II. It was called The Exception and it starred Christopher Plummer as the Kaiser. At the time, he was in exile in Holland while Adolph Hitler was ravaging Europe. He had just invaded Holland in 1940 and the story tells the tale of the military and service people surrounding the Kaiser as Hitler tried to manipulate him to root out…

Fiction/Humor Memoir

Cold Comfort

By Rich Marin | February 12, 2026 by Rich Marin

After a run of very nice warm winter weather out here on the hilltop, while much of the rest of the country has undergone a particularly cold and brutal winter, we have momentarily reverted to the cold and wet that winter is generally thought to be about. It’s 50 degrees out and pouring rain today, but the good news seems to be that the rain will end some time this morning and the temperature will…

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