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After David McCullough passed away, his daughter published a collection of his various speeches and writings into a book called History Matters.

Judge Oldham writes: This case arises from three rules proposed by Nasdaq and approved by SEC.

From Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Loper Bright's actual impact on agency deference has hardly been clear.

Richard Goodwin worked in John F.

The following remarks made at oral argument in Free Enterprise Fund v.

I was watching Bobby Kennedy for President last week and laughed when Kennedy, after learning that he won the Democratic primary in California—and just before he was shot—said the following about his dog, Freckles: I want to express my gratitude to my dog,

Chief Justice John Roberts joined Judge Rosenthal of the Southern District of Texas for a conversation at the Baker Institute.

Like last year, 2025 was another light reading year for me.

I stumbled upon this paper discussing a unique aspect of gift-giving.

I found this letter uploaded here, after it was referenced in a ceremony by Justice Stanley Mosk’s son, honoring the late Justice.

I read a few opinions by Justice Mosk this week, which had made me curious to learn more about who he was, what he did, and how he lived.

I saw Manu's post in my RSS feed this morning answering these questions and thought, why not?

Read last year's here.

I finished reading this book, and almost instantly started re-reading it and listening to the audiobook version of it.

I picked up this book after overhearing Ryan Holiday mention it to Morgan Housel during their bookshop tour.

When you're a huge nerd like me, you not only read court opinions for school, but you also get really excited to read those court opinions when it's written by a judge that you like to read.

The title of this book is gaudy.

One of the reasons I went to law school was because of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

One of the reasons I’ve been tempted to switch—and in fact have switched a few times (and then back again)—to WordPress as a headless CMS was because of how dead simple and easy it was to write a new post.

Last year on the podcast, Jerry Colonna said something that deeply resonated with me: how are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don’t want?

I have a strange affection for Harry Truman.

My biggest gripe with AI companies—and people who seem incapable of thinking about anything other than AI—is that they're all building and using products with the implied goal to replace the hard work that's required to do or make something great.

"Remember what I say: if you would cling to earthly pleasures--these are the things which murder souls," JC Ryle wrote.

The first few chapters of The Study in Scarlet, the first book in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is when Dr.

Impressions and Review The Patriots by Winston Groom is part-biography and part-history.

Impressions Mornings on Horseback is an engrossing narrative about Theodore Roosevelt Jr., his family, and his parents.

A lot of "complicated" problems have simple solutions.

On a podcast I was listening to, someone told the story about how he first met—and eventually started dating—his wife.

You have a nice car at home that you love.

An explanation helps all parties understand why something went wrong.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. believed in hard work and knowledge.

I used to like the phrase, “How you do anything is how you do everything.”

Doing hard things for a long time isn't difficult because they're hard or because you have to do them for a long time.

Jim Collins writes about a bullet and cannonball analogy for business.

Every good story-at-sea has at least two of three elements: a shipwreck, murder, or mutiny.

Back when the quickest way to transport horses from one place to another was by boat, ship captains had to beware.

If, like me, you've long wondered how Germany—after the Treaty of Versailles—was able to amass a big enough army and enough weapons to invade Poland and France, and wage war on Britain, just a few short years later, this is how: 1.

Impressions I was let down by this book, but only by a little.

“Your works?”

One of the main ideas in Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer is that each of us – “religious” or not – is following something and allowing that thing to change us.

This was the first year I kept a detailed log of all the books I read.

I started reading John Stuart Mill's Autobiography this week, and it's terrific.

Impressions I'm struck by the depth of research and prose with which it is written, and it doesn't even cover the presidential years!

In The Firm, a 1993 legal thriller with Tom Cruise, there’s a great example of a storytelling technique called Chekhov’s Gun.

You can't do the work for the reward : Martin Scorcese has won one Oscar in his entire career.

From a young age, Spillane loved to read.

Active Patience Active Patience is the idea that while you're waiting, you should be preparing.

By far, David McCullough has had the strongest influence on my writing, reading, and life.

“Oppenheimer” was incredible.