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Marty Nemko: Oakland, CA, United States; I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.

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Monday, December 1, 2025

When Santa Got Bored

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: Christmas gifts, flash fiction, merit, punishment, rewards

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Would You Design Your Child?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:52 PM 0 comments

Labels: designer babies, enhancement, gene editing, genes, genetics, intelligence

Friday, November 28, 2025

My First Day at Kindergarten: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:31 PM 0 comments

Labels: education reform, flash fiction, heterogeneous grouping, reverse discrimination, school reform

On Burying My Twin: a fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:52 PM 0 comments

Labels: dying, flash fiction, genes, how to do life, meaning of life, twins

While My Wife Was Giving Birth: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:50 AM 0 comments

Labels: child-free, childless, flash fiction, parenthood, private thoughts

Thursday, November 27, 2025

What Could They Be Thinking?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:19 AM 0 comments

Labels: Christmas dinner, hypocrisy, thanksgiving, thanksgiving dinner

Monday, November 24, 2025

A Hippie's Life: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:52 PM 3 comments

Labels: flash fiction, groupthink, hippies, leftist, Woke

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Letter to My Dead Father

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:26 AM 3 comments

Labels: merit, parents, redistribution

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Unraveling: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:11 AM 3 comments

Labels: #flashfiction, #recidivism, charitable, embezzlement

Friday, November 21, 2025

Excuses Metastasizing

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:42 AM 0 comments

Labels: blaming, internal locus of control, responsibility, victim culture

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Addressing Common Fears

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: anxiety, CBT, fear, progressive exposure, rationality

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

My Favorite Things

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:51 PM 0 comments

Labels: favorite things, favorites, gratitude

Monday, November 17, 2025

The Nemkos Do: A Very Un-PBS Holiday Cooking Show: Ruggelach, Debates, a...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:51 PM 0 comments

Labels: Chanukah, cooking show, holiday cooking, nemko, ruggelach

I Read Aloud Eight Holiday Short-Short Stories

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:41 PM 0 comments

Labels: christmas stories, flash fiction, holiday stories, read aloud, short-short stories

Sunday, November 16, 2025

A Scientist Talks to His Dog

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:33 PM 0 comments

Labels: academia vs industry, academic career, flash fiction, science career, scientist

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Wall Street Journal: Nov 11, 2025. Higher Ed Needs Receivership, Not Ref...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:10 AM 0 comments

Labels: college, college reform, DEI, higher ed reform, higher education, higher education reform, liberal bias, Woke

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

11 Tips Every Career-Minded Harvard Alum Should Know and May Not

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:02 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, career success, career tips, communication, leadership, negotiation

Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Soloist: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:12 PM 11 comments

Labels: flash fiction, living alone, MGTOW, single, solo, solohood

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Which AI Guy Does the Princess Choose? A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:48 PM 7 comments

Labels: AI, AI companion, flash fiction, marriage, misandry, relationships

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The Barista Question

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:37 PM 7 comments

Labels: AI, automation, baristas, cafe, job loss

The Old Scientist and the Young Artist: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:14 AM 4 comments

Labels: artist career, basic science, flash fiction, genes, intelligence

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Mixed Company: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:06 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, marriage, mixed marriage, relationship

Monday, November 3, 2025

"No Dogs!"

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: dog stories, dogs

Sunday, November 2, 2025

God, Before Genesis: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:09 AM 0 comments

Labels: fantasy, flash fiction, merit

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Why Ready, FIRE, Aim Works

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:11 PM 0 comments

Labels: efficiency, productivity, time management

Friday, October 31, 2025

On Writing

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:20 AM 0 comments

Labels: writing

Thursday, October 30, 2025

My Life of Fear: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:45 AM 1 comments

Labels: anxiety, fear, flash fiction, halloween, stress

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Will: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:36 PM 3 comments

Labels: charitable giving, charity, cognition, flash fiction, will

Our Approach to Men, Updated 10/25/25

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:25 AM 3 comments

Labels: college bias, liberal bias, media bias, mens health, mens issues, misandry

Thursday, October 23, 2025

In Praise of the 80+-Hour Workweek

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:55 AM 3 comments

Labels: AI, AI career, AI careers, hard work, merit, work ethic

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

An Analysis of Reverse-Discriminatory DEI

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:13 PM 0 comments

Labels: affirmative action, DEI, merit, reverse discrimination, Woke

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A Rejoinder to "Of Boys and Men."

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, media bias, misandry, reverse discrimination, Woke

The Permanent Postdoc

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:11 PM 0 comments

Labels: academic career, career advice, graduate school, postdoc, postdoctoral fellow, scientist career

2025 Beckman Institute Mentorship Seminar - Dr. Marty Nemko

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:27 AM 0 comments

Labels: careeradvice, lifeadvice, mentee, mentorship, postdoc, protege, researchers, scientists

The Nemkos Do Cheese Puffs and Thanksgiving

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:44 AM 0 comments

Labels: hors de oeuvres, thanksgiving

Sunday, October 19, 2025

A Postdoc's Diary Entry

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:16 AM 0 comments

Labels: career questions, diary, postdoc, postdoctoral researcher

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Talkback

Posted by Marty Nemko at 8:07 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting, acting career, flash fiction

Is Peace Realistic?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:41 AM 5 comments

Labels: kumbaya, naivete, negotiation, peace

Friday, October 17, 2025

Is Gratitude Realistic?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: gratitude

Old Faces

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, old age, seniors

Craving Stabililty

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:11 PM 0 comments

Labels: simplicity, simplify, stress, stress management, time management

Thursday, October 16, 2025

I perform a monologue from Interview with a Vampire

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:28 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting, scene, vampire

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Blueprint for a Writing Workshop

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:36 PM 1 comments

Labels: facilitating, workshop, writers workshop, writing, writing workshop

Monday, October 13, 2025

A Plagiarizing Guru: lA fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:09 AM 0 comments

Labels: fallen angel, flash fiction, fraudster, gurus, hypocrisy, plagiarism

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Condemned. Keep Out!: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:30 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, halloween, halloween stories, media bias, nostalgia

AI Dog?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:41 AM 0 comments

Labels: AI, AI dogs, AI pets, machine learning, thought experiment

Saturday, October 11, 2025

On a Tree

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:25 PM 0 comments

Labels: poem, trees

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Becoming a Beloved Manager

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, leadership, management

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Baby Steps Toward College or Graduate School Success

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:09 PM 0 comments

Labels: college advice, graduate school

Baby Steps to Wealth

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:47 PM 1 comments

Labels: investing, money, money management, personal finance, spending

Baby Steps to Losing Weight and Keeping it Off

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:24 AM 1 comments

Labels: diet, losing weight, weight loss

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

The Kumbaya Myth

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:07 PM 1 comments

Labels: DEI, media bias

Monday, October 6, 2025

If I Were a Substitute Teacher

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: lesson plans, master class, revolutionary war, substitute teaching, teaching

An Old Pianist Talks to Us: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:14 PM 0 comments

Labels: artistic career, creative career, flash fiction, musician career, performing career, pianist

How I Push People Away: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:01 PM 0 comments

Labels: bias, DEI, flash fiction, liberal hypocrisy, Woke

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Lining Up to Die

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:38 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, dying

An Old Bond Trader Talks to Us: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:56 PM 0 comments

Labels: capitalism, careers, finance, life well led, life well lived

Badass Red Riding Hood

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:41 AM 0 comments

Labels: entrepreneurship, fairy tale, flash fiction, into the woods, little red riding hood, small business

Saturday, October 4, 2025

A Stained Mattress: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:17 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, responsibility

Broken Bridge

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:28 PM 0 comments

Labels: adventure, flash fiction, risk-taking, simple living, simplicity

The Letter I Reread 10 Times: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:55 AM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, flashfiction, males uicide, suicide, teen suicide

Friday, October 3, 2025

Loaded Dice

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: blaming culture, external locus of control, responsibility, victimization

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Odd Man Out (9-minute version)

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:16 PM 0 comments

Labels: hyperactivity, marty nemko, misfit

Your Child's Lemonade Stand

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:44 AM 0 comments

Labels: businesseducation, entrepreneurship, management, parenting

The End of Debate

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:54 AM 0 comments

Labels: censorship, DEI, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, political correctness

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Teaching With AI

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:28 PM 0 comments

Labels: AI, AI in education, AI learning, teaching, teaching with AI

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

My Secrets

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:59 AM 0 comments

Labels: efficiency, life, life advice, practical tips, time management

Monday, September 29, 2025

At the Buffet: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:08 PM 0 comments

Labels: censorship, DEI, flash fiction, relationships

Sunday, September 28, 2025

ZepHead: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:25 AM 0 comments

Labels: #AI, #jobs, aging, flash fiction, getting older, seniors

Saturday, September 27, 2025

The College Application Essay

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:49 PM 0 comments

Labels: college application essay, college applications, graduate school, personal growth

The Ultimate Motivation: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: anticapitalism, anticorporate, flash fiction, leftist violence, redistribution

Friday, September 26, 2025

Becoming a Protege

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: communication, mentor, mentorship, protege, science career, scientist

Thursday, September 25, 2025

The Excellent Mentor

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: advising, advisor, communication, mentor, mentoring, mentorship

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Scams That Fool Even the Smart

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:23 PM 0 comments

Labels: phishing, podcaast network scam, scam, scams

Monday, September 22, 2025

On Indivualism vs Collectivism, from John Steinbeck's East of Eden

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:20 AM 0 comments

Labels: censorship, collectivism, individualism, media bias, misandry

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Engaged and Ambivalent

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: divorce, engagement, marriage, relationships, single, wedding

Saturday, September 20, 2025

The No-Barista Cafe: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:42 AM 0 comments

Labels: automation, coffee shop, flash fiction, management, people management, small business

Friday, September 19, 2025

The Reject: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: blandness, flashfiction, introversion, introvert, lookism, looks

Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Latest Research on Cannabis

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:06 PM 0 comments

Labels: #cannabis, #legalization, #marijuana, #pot, #weed

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The AI-Assisted MD: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:03 AM 0 comments

Labels: AI, AI job loss, doctors, flash fiction, mds, medicare

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

A Master’s in Machine Learning and Unemployable?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: AIcareers, careeradvice, job hunting, job search, MLcareers

Child Labor: The Sequel: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:57 PM 0 comments

Labels: chinese restaurant, competition, flash fiction, hype, restaurant business

CEO Shooter: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, flash fiction, management, unions, Woke

Monday, September 15, 2025

A Compulsive Gardener

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: gardening, roses, tomatoes

I Try to be Amused By It All (updated)

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: education, hypocrisy, merit, reverse discrimination, victimization

Saturday, September 13, 2025

What Clients Have Asked Me: Collection 5

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:44 PM 0 comments

Labels: app marketing, career advice, career coaching, graduate school, management, professoriate, self-publishing

Friday, September 12, 2025

I Read To You OCT 2025

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:44 PM 0 comments

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Yet More Questions My Clients Asked Me

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:17 PM 0 comments

Labels: contentment, happiness, job hunting, job search, work ethic

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

More Questions My Clients Asked Me

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, career coaching, career counseling

Questions My Clients Have Asked Me

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:05 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, career choice, career coaching, career counseling, careers

Friday, September 5, 2025

The Hillcrest Widow Club: The sequel. A fictional short-short stor. (tol...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:28 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, higher education bias, misandry

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Mother of the Bride: The Sequel: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:25 PM 2 comments

Labels: flash fiction, long-term relationships, marriage, relationship, wedding

The Pro-European DEI Trainer: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:11 AM 2 comments

Labels: #flash fiction, DEI, merit, reverse discrimination, Woke

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Camping Seemed Like a Good Idea: The Sequel: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:20 PM 2 comments

Labels: backpacking, flash fiction, snow backpacking, solo backpacking

A School Shooter: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: ethics, flash fiction, journalism, journalism career, journalism school

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Up in Flames: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:21 PM 0 comments

Labels: excessive force, flash fiction, looting, rioting

The Kitchen Remodel: The sequel. A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:24 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, gardening, marriage, orange tree, relationships

Monday, September 1, 2025

SuperSchool: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: charter school, DEI, flash fiction, gifted, teachers union

Sunday, August 31, 2025

"Chicken:" The Sequel: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, illegal, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, media bias

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Favorite Tweets, Collection 4

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: anti-white bias, higher education bias, liberal bias, media bias, misandry

The Secrets to My Success

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:23 AM 0 comments

Labels: life advice, life lessons, life well lived, personal growth, success, work

Friday, August 29, 2025

The Worst Kid in the Whole Wide World: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:26 PM 0 comments

Labels: bad egg, fairy tale, flash fiction, genetics, malleability

Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Explainer Edition: A thought experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: future ebooks, futurism, thought experiment, writing

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Tired of Being Responsible: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:39 AM 0 comments

Labels: aging, flash fiction, responsibility, selfishness, seniors

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

The Monitor: A thought experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:34 PM 0 comments

Labels: death penalty, flash fiction, futurism, monitoring, thought experiment

Monday, August 25, 2025

Designer Dogs, 2060: A thought experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:49 PM 0 comments

Labels: dog stories, flash fiction, gene editing, thought experiment

I Read To You: stories from my book, Light: Short-short stories on life'...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction

A Janitor Can Learn a Lot: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:50 AM 0 comments

Labels: art school, flash fiction, janitor, music school

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Lyft: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:40 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, friendship, lyft driving, starting out, uber driving, work stories

Saturday, August 23, 2025

The Late Grads: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:31 PM 0 comments

Labels: commencement, education reform, flash fiction, graduation, summer school

Friday, August 22, 2025

Should I Fire Him? A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:40 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, diversity hire, flash fiction, management, manager

Should I Ask for a Raise? A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: charity, flash fiction, fundraiser, liberal hypocrisy, salary negotiation, work stories

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Yee-Hah Pizza, Slice of New York Pizza, or Neither? A fictional short-sh...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:04 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, journalism career, journalism jobs, pizza business, self-employment

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

On Looking at a Rose

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:20 PM 0 comments

Labels: beauty, evanescence, gardening, roses

On Getting into My Car

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:49 AM 0 comments

Labels: cars, driving, government overreach, mass transit, taxes, transportation policy

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Monumental? A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:52 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, hypocrisy, introvert, liberal hypocrisy, solitude

Monday, August 18, 2025

The Dance of Decline: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, denial, flash fiction, marriage

After I Said, No!" A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:02 AM 0 comments

Labels: higher education bias, leftist bias, parenting, radical feminism, teenage rebellion

Sunday, August 17, 2025

The Moment I Decided Not to Quit: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:13 PM 0 comments

Labels: AI job loss, career stories, flash fiction, work stories

Friday, August 15, 2025

Maybe I'd Fit Better on Some Other Planet

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:56 PM 0 comments

Labels: communication, life advice, outcast, reject, selfishness

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Midlife Malaise, Episode 5: Is that all there is?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:42 PM 0 comments

Labels: baby steps, contentment, flash fiction, life advice, practical advice

Midlife Malaise, Episode 4: Our Spending, Our Saving

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:40 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, investing, marriage, materialism, spending, taxes

Midlife Malaise, Episode 3: Our Daughter

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:00 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, misandry, parenting, teenagers, teens

Midlife Malaise, Episode 2: Our Marriage

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:42 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, long-term relationships, marriage, relationships

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Midlife Malaise, Episode 1: Topping Out

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:44 PM 0 comments

Labels: aspirations, bureaucracy, film career, flash fiction, government career, hopes and dreams

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

The Erasure of Men: Open your eyes and you will see

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:36 PM 0 comments

Labels: anti-male, merit, misandry, redistribution, reverse discrimination

The 92-Year-Old Thief: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, old age, shoplifting, stealing

Done: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:40 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, flash fiction, retirement

Monday, August 11, 2025

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 6: Lessons Learned

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:05 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, flash fiction, life advice, meaning of life, single

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 5: What the Hell is the Meaning of Life?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:23 PM 0 comments

Labels: anxiety, flash fiction, life well lived, meaning of life, stress management

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 4: Staying Sane

Posted by Marty Nemko at 8:25 AM 0 comments

Labels: aimlessness, depression, flash fiction, mental health, sadness

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 3: Weight

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:20 PM 0 comments

Labels: diet, dieting, flash fiction, freshman 15, weight loss

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 2: Social Life

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: dating, dating apps, flash fiction, onlinre dating, social life, solitude, solohood

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Bachelor Hatchings, Episode 1: What to Do?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:32 PM 0 comments

Labels: college bias, flash fiction, new college graduate, psychology major

Playing to Please: Advice for solo musicians

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: musicianship, piano, piaying piano improvising

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

An Old Dog Speaks: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, dog stories, dogs, dying, flash fiction, old age

Monday, August 4, 2025

Greenies: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:25 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, parody, satire, vegan, veganism

A Worrywart Dog: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:05 AM 0 comments

Labels: dog stories, dogs, flash fiction

Saturday, August 2, 2025

The Five-Year Summer Camp: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:13 PM 0 comments

Labels: art career, art school, drama school, flash fiction, higher education, music school

I'm a Happy Doggie: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:15 AM 0 comments

Labels: dog abuse, dog ownership, dog stories, dogs, flash fiction

Friday, August 1, 2025

A Garden-Variety Guitar Player: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:53 AM 1 comments

Labels: artistic career, flash fiction, marketing, self-employment, starving artist

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Hugs: A user's guide

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:37 PM 0 comments

Labels: affection, hugs, nonverbal communication, social graces, social norms

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

5 Keys to Good Acting

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:07 AM 0 comments

Labels: acting, performing

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Slat in the Hat: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: communism, flash fiction, snitching

If I Were 16 Again

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:42 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, gene editing, genetics, genetics career, intelligence

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Love Apple: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: anger management, flash fiction, gardening, growing tomatoes, job hunting

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Teen Fears

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:13 PM 0 comments

Labels: anxiety, fear, parenting, parenting teenagers, teenagers

Reading Aloud to You: Dog Stories

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:15 AM 0 comments

Labels: dogs, dogstories, read aloud

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

David’s Decline and Fall: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:34 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, flash fiction, gratitude, life

Monday, July 21, 2025

The Whirligig of Life by O Henry

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: divorce, marriage, o henry, short story

My Commandments: The best advice I give myself and others.

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:00 PM 0 comments

Labels: advice, life advice, success, wisdom

Roommates: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:42 PM 0 comments

Labels: collectivism, communism, flash fiction, hypocrisy, socialism

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Working Dog: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:46 AM 0 comments

Labels: big government, dog stories, flash fiction, government overreach, small business

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Short-short Stories from My Book, Dark

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:51 PM 0 comments

Labels: dark stories, DEI, flash fiction, Woke

On the Pen

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:27 AM 0 comments

Labels: ballpoint pens, BIC, fountain pens, pens, roller ball pens

Friday, July 18, 2025

Unloved and Didn't Care: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:45 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, hermit, home invasion, introvert, isolated, soloist

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Fallen Idols: Heroes who turn out to be not so heroic

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: false heroes, false idols, heroes, media bias

Child Labor: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:36 AM 0 comments

Labels: big government, education reform, flash fiction, government overreach, work

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Empty Nesters, Episode 3: The Objection

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:55 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, interracial marriage, interracial relationship, wedding objection

Empty Nesters, Episode 2: Quit?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:06 PM 0 comments

Labels: capitalism, career choices, flash fiction, nonprofits, student loans

Away? A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:31 PM 0 comments

Labels: #cuty life, college cost, flash fiction, marriage, relationships, student loans, urban life

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Powerless: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:49 PM 0 comments

Labels: agency, control, men's health, mensrights, misandry, power

To the Woods to Die: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:40 AM 0 comments

Labels: aging, assisted suicide, cancer, death with dignity, dying, flash fiction

Monday, July 14, 2025

Faking It

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:27 PM 0 comments

Labels: deception, fakery, image, phoniness, pretense

Favorite Tweets, Collection 3

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:46 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, education reform, life advice, Superman Movie, Woke

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Favorite Tweets and Retweets

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:43 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, google search, media bias, merit, redistribution

How Hypocritical Are You? A self-assessment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:46 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, hypocrisy, liberal hypocrisy, reverse discrimination, Woke

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Gautami: An American Story A composite

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:43 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, misandry, reverse discrimination

Kevin: An American Story. A composite

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:17 AM 0 comments

Labels: capitalism, flash fiction, liberal bias, socialism, taxpayers

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Talking to Myself: An open journal entry

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:37 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, men's health, merit, redistribution, reverse discrimination

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

I Read Aloud To You, recorded, Napa Valley TV, Channel 28, 6/13/25

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:07 PM 0 comments

Labels: reading aloud

The Decline, Fall, and Rebirth of a Library: An improbable thought exper...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:15 PM 0 comments

Labels: librarians, libraries, library usage, thought experiment

Monday, July 7, 2025

The Unseen, Part 2

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: communication, communication skills, observation, subtleties

Sunday, July 6, 2025

The Decline, Fall, and Rebirth of the American Empire: An improbability

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: communism, media bias, socialism, thought experiment

The Decline and Fall of a Mighty University: An improbable fiction

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:41 AM 0 comments

Labels: college, flash fiction, higher education, higher education reform

Saturday, July 5, 2025

11 Keys to a Happy Life

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:29 PM 0 comments

Labels: happiness, life, life advice, life well lived, wisdom

Friday, July 4, 2025

On Independence

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:26 PM 0 comments

Labels: groupthink, Independence Day, July4, singles

Thursday, July 3, 2025

If Dogs Were Allowed EVERYWHERE: A thought experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:01 PM 0 comments

Labels: big government, DOGE, dogs, government inefficiency

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Vacation or Staycation

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:14 PM 6 comments

Labels: staycation, vacation

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Real School: a Thought Experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: curriculum reform, education reform

JustMed: A thought experiment

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:34 PM 0 comments

Labels: healthcare, healthcare reform, merit, meritocracy

Monday, June 30, 2025

On My Turning 75

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:25 AM 0 comments

Labels: #merit, #meritocracy, #wisdom, life advice

On My Turning 75

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:54 AM 0 comments

Labels: ethic, life advice, life well lived, merit, meritocracy, productivity, work

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Smaller: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:29 PM 1 comments

Labels: anxiety, fear, flash fiction, introversion, introvert

The Unseen

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:40 AM 0 comments

Labels: communication, hypocrisy, reading people, secrets

Saturday, June 28, 2025

What is Evil?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:51 PM 0 comments

Labels: Catholicism, decision making, evil, impulsivity, Utilitarianism

What Governs Our Choices?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:57 AM 0 comments

Labels: career choice, careers, determinism, free will, personal growth

Friday, June 27, 2025

The Nemkos Do, Ten Questions to Ask Your Child

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:14 PM 0 comments

Marriage is Too Risky

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:36 PM 0 comments

Labels: anti male, marriage, media bias, misandry, reverse discrimination

Mamdani's Largest Significance

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:23 PM 0 comments

Labels: antisemite, communism, mamdani, merit, redistribution, socialism, zohran mamdani

Thursday, June 26, 2025

On Hurrying

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:33 PM 0 comments

Labels: efficiency, hurrying, productivity, time management, Type A

In Praise of Transience

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: being present, in the moment, life advice, living wisely, transience, wisdom

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

On Owning a Dog

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:17 AM 0 comments

Labels: dog ownership, dogs

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Ten Questions to Ask Your Teen

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:42 PM 0 comments

Labels: communication, parenting, questions, teenagers, teens

Sunday, June 22, 2025

How Coffee Shops Could Boil Their Frogs

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:10 PM 0 comments

Labels: AIjobloss, automation, barista, baristas, job loss, robot barista, thoughtexperiment

U.S. Bombs Iran: Best, Worst, and Moderate-Case Scenarios

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:31 AM 0 comments

Labels: Israel, Isran, nuclear war, Trump, World War III

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Sawed in Half: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:49 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, revenge

Friday, June 20, 2025

The Sound of Silence: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:13 PM 5 comments

Labels: DEI, diversity, flash fiction, Woke

Junk: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:12 PM 5 comments

Labels: art career, art marketing, flash fiction, hype

Sherman Valentine: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:55 AM 5 comments

Labels: AI, AI counselor, AI therapist, AI therapy, flash fiction

Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Retiree, Episode 13 (final episode): Is the Small Stuff Enough?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:44 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, gratitude, retirement, simple, simple living

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Retiree, Episode 11: Bucket List

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: bucket list, flash fiction, retirement

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Retiree, Episode 10: Dream

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:05 PM 0 comments

Labels: bucket list, dreams, flash fiction, retirement

The Retiree, Episode 9: Israel

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:52 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, intersectionalism, Israel, media bias, retirement, Woke

Monday, June 16, 2025

The Retiree, Episode 8: Dancing

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:28 PM 0 comments

Labels: cougar, dancing, dating, flash fiction, retirement

Sunday, June 15, 2025

The Retiree, Episode 7: The Setup

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: anti-male, dating, flash fiction, misandry, reverse discrimination, Woke

Saturday, June 14, 2025

A Retiree, Episode 6: SilverSingles.com

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: dating, flash fiction, retirement, senior dating

I'm Half the Man I Used to Be. By Mike Hamrick

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:49 AM 0 comments

Labels: #obesity, #weightloss, #Zepbound

Friday, June 13, 2025

A Retiree, Episode 5: The Girlfriend

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:41 PM 0 comments

Labels: dating, flash fiction, long term relationship, senior dating

Thursday, June 12, 2025

A Retiree, Episode 4: Guardian Angel

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:24 PM 0 comments

Labels: class, flash fiction, guardian angels, retirement

A Retiree, Episode 3: Harry’s Hat Shop

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:15 PM 0 comments

Labels: #chemotherapy, #flashfiction, #hats, #retirement

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

A Retiree, Episode 2: SCORE: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:49 PM 0 comments

Labels: business coaching, flash fiction, retirement, small business, startups

A Retiree, Episode 1: Girls Basketball. A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:05 PM 0 comments

Labels: basketball, basketball coaching, flash fiction, retirement

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

A Suck-Up: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:19 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, hypocrisy, managing up, sucking up

Monday, June 9, 2025

Peeping Paul: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:33 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, flash fiction, friendship, old age

Unraveling: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:46 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, sex with student, stress, teaching, teaching career

Sunday, June 8, 2025

How I Create Flash Fiction

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:26 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, flash fiction writing, short story writing, writing

Saturday, June 7, 2025

A Perfect Garden: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:26 AM 0 comments

Labels: cost-effectiveness, flash fiction, gardening, productivity, work ethic

Friday, June 6, 2025

The Inheritance: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: big government, conservative, DOGE, flash fiction, liberal

Robotic: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:48 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, font creator, happy ending, robot barista, robot cafe, robots

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Watching, Acting In, and Directing Plays

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:13 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting, directing, playgoing

The DMV Magician: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: DMV, flash fiction, magic

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Brave Quitting

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:55 PM 0 comments

Labels: art career, career advice, creative careers, quitting, quitting job

Slob Chic: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:26 AM 0 comments

Labels: Che Guevara, community theater, flash fiction, grunge, lookism, womanizing

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

A Not-Quite Straight Arrow: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:42 PM 0 comments

Labels: conservative, corporate career, flash fiction, mainstream, straight arrow

One Month Left: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, bucket list, dying, fancy restaurants, flash fiction, magic

Monday, June 2, 2025

My Light Side, My Dark: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:15 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, directing, flash fiction, misandry, Woke

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Curing A Blaming Mindset: Toward an internal locus of control

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:57 AM 0 comments

Labels: blaming, efficacy, locus of control, victimization

Friday, May 30, 2025

"My Life's Great, Yet Is That All There Is?"

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:09 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, contentment, happiness, life advice, optimizing

"My Whole Life Sucks”

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:40 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, college, community college, life advice, relationships

Heat: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:14 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, hypocrisy, illiberal, liberal intolerance

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Cockapoo Meets Pit Bull: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: dog bites, dog maulings, flash fiction, pit bulls, race card

Better Than the Prom? A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:16 AM 6 comments

Labels: dogs, flash fiction, lookism, mean girls, overweight, Zepbound

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

My Three-Legged Hero: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:12 PM 0 comments

Labels: dog ownership, dogs, flash fiction, leniency, pit bulls, street crime

A Bad Tomato Farmer: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, jealousy, merit, punishment

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

My Pianos

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:46 PM 0 comments

Labels: piano

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Accept Yourself or Try to Change?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:43 AM 0 comments

Labels: personal development, personal growth, self-acceptance, self-appraisal, self-improvement

Saturday, May 24, 2025

"I'm Good:" A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:36 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, college, flash fiction, psychologists, psychology

Interview Yourself

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:36 AM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, introspection, journaling, merit, self-assessment, self-improvement

Friday, May 23, 2025

Judgment Day: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:21 AM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, flash fiction, merit, reverse discrimination, Woke

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Zapped: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:43 PM 0 comments

Labels: bad kids, flash fiction, gangs

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Pork and Beans: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:13 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, materialism, pretense, pretention, work ethic

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Reducing Your Sadness

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:14 PM 0 comments

Labels: depression, dysthymia, mood, mood disorders, sadness

Finding Moments of Happiness

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:37 AM 0 comments

Labels: happiness

Monday, May 19, 2025

Bluntly

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:52 AM 0 comments

Labels: candor, directness, honesty, self-appraisal, self-assessment

Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Creative Life: Portrayals vs the norm

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:03 AM 0 comments

Labels: art career, art school, careers, film school, music school, practicality

Friday, May 16, 2025

Tired: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:42 AM 0 comments

Labels: aging, flash fiction, merit, redistribution, taxes

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Cheating Death: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:03 AM 0 comments

Labels: calorie restriction, extremism, fear of death, health nut

Most Likely to Die by Lethal Injection: a fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:20 AM 0 comments

Labels: anger, flash fiction, misandry, reverse discrimination, school reform

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

"The Future is Bright:" A fiction

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:04 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, future, futurism, jobs, pessimism

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Lemonade: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:01 PM 0 comments

Labels: feel good story, flash fiction, lemonade stand, work ethic

Monday, May 12, 2025

The Last Word: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction., retirement, work, work ethic

Most Likely to Succeed: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:30 PM 0 comments

Labels: affirmative action, flash fiction, identify politics, identity, reverse discrimination

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Dribble: Rocky meets Mrs. Maisel

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:55 AM 0 comments

Labels: feel good, feel good stories, flash fiction, Mrs. Maisel, Rocky

Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Light Timer: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:17 AM 0 comments

Labels: climate alarmism, flash fiction, radical

Friday, May 9, 2025

The Machine Salesman: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:04 PM 0 comments

Labels: hypocrisy, liberal hypocrisy, media bias, MSM

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Excerpts from Postcards: a short story by Joseph Epstein

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:39 PM 0 comments

Labels: dating, relationships

In Search of Peace of Mind: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 8:54 PM 0 comments

Labels: adrenaline, calm, flash fiction, peace of mind, searching, stress

Pitching: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:02 PM 0 comments

Labels: charitable giving, charity, flash fiction, giving, philanthropy

The Freebie: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:44 AM 0 comments

Labels: drug dealer, fentanyl, flash fiction

Excerpts from Moe, a short story by Joseph Epstein

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:28 AM 0 comments

Labels: atheism, children, Joseph Epstein, marriage, mortality

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Far From Town: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:41 PM 0 comments

Labels: escape, flash fiction, pain, rural, town

Wistful: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:02 PM 0 comments

Labels: cancer, career, children, college, marriage

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Excerpts from Felix Emeritus, A short-short by Joseph Epstein

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:33 PM 0 comments

Labels: aging, holocaust, trauma

On Love

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:21 AM 0 comments

Labels: love

Monday, May 5, 2025

A Case for Atheist Asceticism

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: ascetic, asceticism, simple life, simple living, simplicity

Sunday, May 4, 2025

A Tour of My Garden

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:28 PM 6 comments

Labels: evaluation, experimental mindset, gardening

The Gala: A fictional short-short story, well, partly fictional

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:57 PM 0 comments

Labels: education, fundraising, fundraising events, hype

Harvard is an Islamist Outpost: Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal, Apr. 25, 2025

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:30 AM 0 comments

Labels: antisemitism, college bias, DEI, higher education bias, Woke

Saturday, May 3, 2025

A Taxonomy of Bores by Joseph Epstein

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: communication, communication skills

A New Nobel. By Joseph Epstein

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:58 PM 0 comments

Labels: marriage

I Bought a $10,000 Bag: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:58 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, materialism, shallowness

Friday, May 2, 2025

Choosing a College

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:04 PM 0 comments

Labels: choosing a college, college, college selection

Tomb of the Unknown Scientist

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:17 PM 0 comments

Labels: merit, monuments, science career, scientists, statues

"Conservatism Needed a Trump Reset: Op-Ed in WSJ, 5/1/25

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:32 AM 0 comments

Labels: conservatism, Trump

Thursday, May 1, 2025

My Declaration of Independence A partial fiction

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:56 PM 0 comments

Labels: alienated, flash fiction, misanthrope, misanthropy, solo

The One-Man City Government: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:29 AM 0 comments

Labels: big government, DOGE, efficiency, flash fiction, libertarianism

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

On Mentoring

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:44 PM 0 comments

Labels: mentor, mentoring, mentorship

One Man's Search for the Meaning of Life: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:46 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, life well led, life well lived, meaning of life

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Like Mother, Like Daughter: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, flash fiction, Woke

Monday, April 28, 2025

My Annual Tomato Ritual

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:22 PM 0 comments

Labels: gardening, growing tomatoes, tomatoes

Tipsy

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:15 PM 0 comments

Labels: AI bias, pop culture, role models, substance abuse

Sunday, April 27, 2025

It's Just Coffee: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 8:01 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, parent-child relationships, political discussion

Payback: A short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:53 AM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, leniency

Saturday, April 26, 2025

The Pretty One: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:59 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, genes, lookism, looks, luck

Born Genius: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:56 PM 0 comments

Labels: flash fiction, intelligence, mpatience, nature vs nurture

Vacant: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:54 PM 0 comments

Labels: depression, dysthymia, flash fiction, introversion, introvert

Friday, April 25, 2025

Could Your Next Job Interview Be Like This?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:27 PM 0 comments

Labels: bias, hypcrite, hypocrisy, job interview, liberal bias, liberal hypocrisy, nightmare

Animalization: A possible future?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:50 AM 0 comments

Labels: birthrate, childfree, environmentalism, Musk, parenthood, Trump, womens movement

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

From "A Warning to the West" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:10 PM 0 comments

Labels: communism, liberal bias, media bias, Russia, Solzhenitsyn, Soviet Union

Push?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:30 AM 0 comments

Labels: aggressiveness, assertiveness

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

My Poised Pen

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:42 AM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, hypocrisy, merit, Utilitarianism, virtue signaling, writing

Monday, April 21, 2025

Four More Hard Cases in Finding a Career

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:33 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, job hopper, older job seekers, self employment

Finding a Career: Three other difficult cases

Posted by Marty Nemko at 1:03 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, career choices, careers, higher education, higher education reform

Neat vs Slob

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:51 AM 0 comments

Labels: neatness, organization

Saturday, April 19, 2025

From Joseph Epstein's Essay: Work and its Contents

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:58 PM 0 comments

Labels: laziness, work, work ethic

Looking Forward

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:25 AM 0 comments

Labels: hope, simple pleasures

Friday, April 18, 2025

My 21 Most Recent Tweets: on life, issues, and media bias

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:49 PM 0 comments

Labels: l reverse discrimination, media bias, misandry, MSM

If You Worry That You're Dull

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:36 AM 0 comments

Labels: charisma, introversion, introvert, likeability, personality

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Conquering Conferences

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:25 PM 0 comments

Labels: career advice, conference, convention, networking

Bored? 13 Productive activities

Posted by Marty Nemko at 8:54 AM 0 comments

Labels: bored, boredom, productivity, time management

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Trump and Musk in Hell: A fantasy

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:47 PM 0 comments

Labels: art of the deal, Musk, negotiation, satire, tariffs, Trump

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Stray: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: adopt a dog, dog stories, dogs, flash fiction

Monday, April 14, 2025

Small Wins

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:10 PM 1 comments

Labels: baby steps, personal growth, self-improvement

Branding, Subscriptions, Ads, and You

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:32 PM 0 comments

Labels: advertising, consumers, marketing, subscriptions

On the Spring of My 75th Year

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:34 AM 0 comments

Labels: aging, gratitude, in the moment, old age

Sunday, April 13, 2025

On Winning and Losing

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:54 AM 0 comments

Labels: capitalism, competition

We're On the Cusp of Greatness

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: optimism, predictions

Friday, April 11, 2025

My Friendships

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:10 AM 0 comments

Labels: friends, friendship, relationship, relationship advice

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

AI and Your Career: Ignore it and you risk being toast

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:38 AM 0 comments

Labels: AI, AI careers, career, career advice

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

An Atheist, Haggadah-Free Seder

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:57 PM 8 comments

Labels: passover, seder

Second Semester, Senior Year

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:32 AM 0 comments

Labels: college admission, parenting, senior year

Monday, April 7, 2025

This Old Fart Can't Embrace the New Normal

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:46 PM 0 comments

Labels: DEI, excellence, merit

"No One's Gonna Hurt You, Not While I'm Around": a fictional short-short...

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:30 PM 0 comments

Labels: armageddon, earthquake, flash fiction, oakland, urban life

Saturday, April 5, 2025

I Dislike Most People

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:23 AM 0 comments

Labels: hypocrisy, laziness, misanthropy, stupidity, Woke

Friday, April 4, 2025

Auditioning

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:09 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting, auditioning, auditions, directing

On Work

Posted by Marty Nemko at 10:15 AM 0 comments

Labels: life well lived, meaning of life, work, work ethic

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Death Wish: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:09 PM 0 comments

Labels: deathbed, dishonesty, flash fiction, fundraising, redemption

I've Stopped Caring: A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:24 AM 0 comments

Labels: alienation, anomie, flash fiction, giving up, indifference, merit

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Creatives, Pair Up?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:31 PM 0 comments

Labels: art career, career advice, musician career, partnerships, starving artist

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

A Letter to Creatives

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:25 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting career, art career, career advice, music career, writing career

Monday, March 24, 2025

Marty Nemko Plays Fly Me to the Moon

Posted by Marty Nemko at 5:21 PM 0 comments

Saturday, March 22, 2025

My Piano Concert: Spring Renewal

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:17 PM 3 comments

Labels: piano, standards

Friday, March 21, 2025

On Writing and Reading: 7 short pieces

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:39 PM 0 comments

Labels: curation, discernment, judgment, merit, reading, writing

On Reading

Posted by Marty Nemko at 3:29 PM 6 comments

Labels: bias, curating, discernment, reading, writing

Thursday, March 20, 2025

On Negotiating Compensation

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:07 PM 0 comments

Labels: negotiating compensation, negotiation, salary negotiation

On Creating a Short-Short Story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 12:31 AM 6 comments

Labels: fiction writing, flash fiction

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Selling Your Book

Posted by Marty Nemko at 7:08 PM 0 comments

Labels: book marketing, book promotion, writing, writing career

Monday, March 17, 2025

Art School?

Posted by Marty Nemko at 9:19 PM 0 comments

Labels: art school, drama school, journalism school, music school

An Actor Prepares

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:29 PM 1 comments

Labels: acting

Sunday, March 16, 2025

The Prop Master: Based on a true story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:06 PM 0 comments

Labels: high school theater, overcoming challenges, overcoming obstables, prop master, theater

Just a Matter of Opinion? A fictional short-short story

Posted by Marty Nemko at 4:09 PM 0 comments

Labels: discernment, groupthink, judgment, merit

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Barbara Nemko: 2025 Hart Vision Award for Authorizer of the Year

Posted by Marty Nemko at 11:21 PM 0 comments

On Rehearsing Perfomers

Posted by Marty Nemko at 6:46 PM 0 comments

Labels: acting. rehearsing, directing, director

Springs Past

Posted by Marty Nemko at 2:38 PM 0 comments

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9 Things I Know How to Do and You Should Too

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On Feedback

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On Screen, I Kiss and More: A short-short-story

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Shaking: A fictional short-short story

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Replace Income Tax with Sales Tax?

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

On People Watching

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

The Egg Crate Community

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

On Coffee

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Monday, March 3, 2025

We Say We'll …

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On the Bed

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Sunday, March 2, 2025

On Hair

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Saturday, March 1, 2025

How to Give a House Concert

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A Shameless Worship of Heroes. By Will Durant

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On Control

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Friday, February 28, 2025

The Last Bookstore on Earth: A short-short story

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

On Rewards

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A High School Teacher Muses

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Excerpts from my book, Baby Steps: Doable ways to improve your life

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

10 short-short stories from my book, Senior Stories

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Labels: flash fiction, old people, seniors, short-short stories

The Favorite of My 2025 Tweets.

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Monday, February 24, 2025

The Favorite of My 2025 Tweets.

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Sunday, February 23, 2025

On Fairness

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

On Beauty

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Friday, February 21, 2025

My Practical Philosophies

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Asked and Answered: Questions I wish someone would ask me and the honest...

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

If There Was No Work: A fictional short-short story and thought experiment

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Labels: big government, end of work, flashfiction, libertarian, libertarianism, overregulation, thought experiment, work

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

A Lazyperson’s Way to Grow Tomatoes, Zinnias and Marigolds from Seed

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Monday, February 17, 2025

Microsignals: Subtle ways we show that we like or don't like someone

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

The Director's Nightmare: a short-short story

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Labels: community theater, community theatre, directing, director, flash fiction, seniors

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Questions That Lead to Action, including some for Valentine's Day

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

A Stoner Debates a Teetotaler

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Monday, February 10, 2025

The Two Clots: Based on a true story

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Sunday, February 9, 2025

The Nostalgia Candy Store: A short-short story

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"Idiot! "a short-short story

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

Nichecraft: Ideas for unhappy lawyers, doctors, teachers, and more

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Managing Meaninglessness

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

You Snooze, You Win: A short-short story

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Getting Your Picture Taken

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What I'm Scared Of

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Monday, February 3, 2025

Books and Me

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The Devil Went Down to Mississippi: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, February 2, 2025

16 and Suicidal: A fictional short-short story

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Woe Man: A fictional short-short story

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Britain’s Rape Scandal Returns to the Front Pages: by Stephen Pollard, C...

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Friday, January 31, 2025

What I Love and Don't

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Answers and Questions on Plant Hybridizing

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Labels: plant breeding, plant hybridizing, rose breeding, rose hybridizing, roses

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Problems in Career Counseling

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Labels: career coaching, career counseling, coaching, communication, communication tips, counseling

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The Climb: A fictional short-short story

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Labels: aging, arthritis, change, flash fiction, grandparenting

Monday, January 27, 2025

Creeping into Our 50th Anniversary: A fictional short-short story

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Home Schooling? A fictional short-short story

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"Chicken:" A fictional short-short story

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

Building My Mausoleum: A short-short story

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Trump’s Cat: A fictional short-short story

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

Relieved: A short-short story

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"After I'm Gone?" A short-short story

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If You Tend to Piss People Off

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Lasered In: A fictional short-short story

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Labels: academic jobs. graduate school, flash fiction, Ph.D., sadness

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The Dog Walker: A short-short story

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Labels: dog walker, dog walking, flash fiction, graduate school, Ph.D.

Monday, January 20, 2025

"I Used to Take Piano Lessons: " Why piano lessons are usually a terribl...

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Sunday, January 19, 2025

"Why Did I Come Into This Room?" What normal aging can look like

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

In Candor

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

"I Have Nothing to Say:" Conversation starters and deepeners

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Labels: communication, communication tips, conversation, small talk

Gamify! An under-considered key to motivation and productivity

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When You're Confused

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

When You're on a Roll

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Labels: life advice, personal growth, success

Monday, January 13, 2025

Oh, To Be a Fly on THAT Wall

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Labels: private, private conversations, private discussions, secrets

Dealing with Heartbreak: Yours or people you care about

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Labels: baby steps, catastrophe, heartbreak, moving forward, sadness, stuckness

Sunday, January 12, 2025

How Can People With Low IQ Cope?

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Labels: intelligence, IQ, life advice, reasoning

Friday, January 10, 2025

The Desexing of America

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Labels: asexuality, depression, desexing, flirting, sadness, sexuality

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Tampon: A fictional short-short story after Carrie

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Labels: bad girls, bullying, Carrie, flash fiction, horror

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

The Plant

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Labels: flash fiction, horror, oppositional, parenting, teenagers

A Conspiracy Theory: A fictional short-short story

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Labels: Anti-Trump, assassination, conspiracy theory, Trump

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

On Einstein's assertion that "Work is the only thing that gives substanc...

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What I Like and Don't

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Monday, January 6, 2025

My Ahas: Epiphanies I've had during my lifetime

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Sunday, January 5, 2025

8 Ways to Slow or Even Stop the Unfairness to Asian and White Men

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The Case for Not Changing Yourself Nor Your Situation

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The Anti-White and Anti-Asian Male Era

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Labels: anti Asian, anti white, Google bias, media bias, Woke

Saturday, January 4, 2025

So Alcohol's Bad: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, January 3, 2025

Bari Weiss (The Free Press) interviews Marc Andreessen. Here, I read an ...

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

How the US Military Busts Its Budget. By Matthew Petti, Assistant Editor...

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"Community" is an Unrealistic Goal

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