Recent updates, across every property.
Newest first, pulled from each site's own feed at every rebuild.
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Martell on Personal Growth
1. Don't make the mistake of becoming good at something you hate. 4. Stay close to people that want more for you, not from you. 6. Being humble isn't about thinking less of yourself; it's about thinking of yourself less.…
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Mason on Slavery and Providence
Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes & effects…
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Mattis on Peace and Consequences
I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all. — General James Mattis, to Iraqi leaders during the occupation of Iraq (2003–2004)
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: Patton on Dying for Your Country
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. — General George S. Patton Jr., speeches to Third Army troops in England (spring 1944)
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Marshall (S.L.A.) on Sympathy and Insistence
The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing towa…
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Mattis on Politeness and Lethality
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. — General James Mattis, guidance to the 1st Marine Division before its return to Iraq (winter 2003–04)
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Sep 25, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: Patton on How to Direct People
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity . — George S. Patton Jr., "Reflections and Suggestions," War As I Knew It (1947)
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Sep 17, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: MacArthur on Duty, Honor, Country
Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith whe…
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Sep 17, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: Levi on the Bond Between Man and His Profession
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigrati…
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Sep 17, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: Longsworth on Sustainability as Opportunity
We have a mission in life to make sustainability irresistible. Instead of saying "we're horrible people in a world that will soon end," let's make sustainability an opportunity for companies and consumers to see abundanc…
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Sep 17, 2026 A Commonplace BookMajor revision: MacArthur on the Formula for Morale
The unfailing formula for production of morale is patriotism, self-respect, discipline, and self-confidence within a military unit, joined with fair treatment and merited appreciation from without. It cannot be produced…
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Sep 11, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Andromeda (Dylan Hunt) on Eating Cake and Still Having It
"Anyone can have their cake, and then eat it. The real trick is eating your cake, and still having it." — Dylan Hunt, Andromeda , season 2, episode 19, "Belly of the Beast" (first broadcast April 27, 2002)
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Sep 7, 2026 The Resilient ObjectivistHow to Read This Project
A short guide to the six supporting essays that orient new readers before they engage the broader work of Resilient Objectivism.
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Sep 7, 2026 The Resilient ObjectivistFive Precise Words
Defines morality, values, reason, virtue, and rights in the precise sense this project uses them, before the reader meets all five in the opening pages of Phase 0.
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Heinlein (as Lazarus Long) on Peace or Freedom
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. — Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein), Time Enough for Love (1973)
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Gibran on the Reality of the Other Person
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say. — Kahlil Gibra…
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Harris on Regret for the Things Not Done
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. — Sydney J. Harris, "Strictly Personal" (1951)
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Heraclitus on Any Day Equal to the Rest
Any day stands equal to the rest. — Heraclitus, Fragments , translated by Brooks Haxton (2001)
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Hannibal on Finding a Way or Making One (misattributed)
"Aut viam inveniam aut faciam." ("I shall either find a way or make one.") — attributed to Hannibal Barca (misattributed — see Provenance)
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Sep 4, 2026 A Commonplace BookNew: Spenser For Hire (Hawk) on Setting Feeling Aside
"Ain't no room at the inn for feelins'" — Hawk, Spenser: For Hire , "No Room at the Inn" (1985)