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Learning Something New
Reorientation around the obvious which I had missed
Sep 25 • Patrick B. Whalen
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To the Point: Iliad Athletics’ Reason for Being
Iliad Athletics, recently launched a newsletter called Strenuous Life. I thought I’d cross post it here since it consists of an essay I wrote which…
Sep 17 • Patrick B. Whalen
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A War and the Resistance
Busyness and a Time to Talk
Aug 27 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Neruda, Mandelstam, Belloc, and the Pope
Walk into a bar called Industrialism
Aug 13 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Supposed to Last
What about war, drugs, stories, families, and the disposable?
Jul 25 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Shaping Character through Physical Education
If you’re not already familiar with my work at Iliad Athletics, this article offers an introduction to some of the reasons I’ve dedicated years to…
Jul 10 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Teaching Like a State
Bureaucracy, Heuristics, and Educating for Real Life
Jun 25 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Teach the Human not the Tool
One Mind. Any Weapon.
Jun 12 • Patrick B. Whalen
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An Elegy for the Word
Poetry in Wartime
Jun 2 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Mighty Hearts: Memorial Day 2025
In our youth our hearts were touched with fire.
May 26 • Patrick B. Whalen
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The Workshop of Being
William James, Streams of Consciousness, and Log Walls
May 8 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Bare Recommendations: Reading February and March
Hilaire Belloc, Mark Shepard, Guy Kawasaki, Gil Bailey.
Apr 24 • Patrick B. Whalen
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Recommendations
The Whirl of ReOrientation: Escape the Script. Win the War.
The Whirl of ReOrientation: Escape the Script. Win the War.
Mark McGrath | OODA Strategist
School of the Unconformed
School of the Unconformed
Ruth Gaskovski
Homestead Rebel
Homestead Rebel
John Newell
The Convivial Society
The Convivial Society
L. M. Sacasas

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