JASON MATTERA I have two sets of twins... four kids under the age of three. Pandemic or no
pandemic, my free time is nonexistent. But if I did have the ability to binge watch a show (oh, what a glorious thought!), I’d probably watch all seven seasons of FX’s The Shield ... for the third time. This police drama, which debuted in 2002, established an entirely new set of boundaries of what was acceptable on cable television. The show is entertaining and gritty as they come, but be forewarned... it’s also addicting as hell. So be sure you’re not in my current position of never-ending bottle feeds and round-the-clock diaper changes... because you’ll need to carve out hours at a time to watch it. And if you decide to press the play button at 9 p.m. while in bed, brace yourself for an all-nighter. If only we could unleash The Shield ’s main character Vic Mackey on the black bloc Antifa weenies destroying property with impunity: “Good cop and bad cop have left for the day. I’m a different kind of cop.”
especially today – you can see them yourself in Technicolor. This is an applied poli-sci degree in a nutshell... and well worth your time. Stuck at home, can’t go to the gym, packing on the pounds, and feeling out of shape? This might be the answer: The X3 Bar (that is, a bar that’s a short steel pole... not as in, “I’ll have another round”) is a home workout system that requires no more space than an airplane bathroom (if you remember what those look like), but gives you a quick and intense weight workout. It’s kind of like resistance bands on steroids... with an inventor and marketing frontman who’s frighteningly well-built. DR. DAVID EIFRIG I highly recommend Factfulness by Hans Rosling. This book will make you rethink the way you see facts and fear. It’s such an essential read, I sent copies to my whole team.
KIM ISKYAN I worked in political-risk
consulting for several years, I studied international relations
in college, and I have a graduate degree in history. But I could have saved myself a lot of trouble – and been way ahead of everyone else from the get-go – if I’d read a book published in 2011 called The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics , by two savvy political scientists, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. The premise of The Dictators Handbook is that all of politics is a function of individual motivations and desires and ambitions. Institutions don’t act with single-minded objectives or goals... They’re a bubbling cauldron of individuals, each who has his own agenda that may or may not overlap with that of the institution. It’s a simple idea... but far more nuanced in practice than you might think. De Mesquita and Smith pack the book with vivid stories and examples. And –
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