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Life
What I’m Teaching My 13-Year-Old About Work — Before the World Tries to Teach Him First

The Bank of Mom & Dad Is Closed: What I Really Owe My Son

The Blueprint Never Lies: Revisiting Parental Importance, Three Years Later

The Day I Told My Father No — And What It Cost Me to Grow

I Made Lasagna For the First Time and My Son Rated It a 9 Out of 10 — Here’s Everything I Did

Standing on Empty Ground: What My Grandmother’s Land Taught Me About Legacy
Self Improvement
Front Street: Why Getting Out The Bed Is The Whole Game

The Bare Minimum Is The Blueprint

If You’re the Smartest One in the Room, You Need a New Room

The Tony Stark Principle: Why “No Amount of Money Can Buy Time” Hits Different in 2025

When Words Fail: Learning From My Digital Miscommunications

Rich vs. Wealthy: They Ain’t The Same Game
Work
Front Row Seat or Front Row Table? Why I’m Betting On Us Building Our Own Chairs

The Bare Minimum Is The Blueprint

Live to Work or Work to Live? Let Me Keep It All the Way Real This Time

They’re Not Hiring. It’s a Trap. And the Numbers Don’t Lie.

Where Should You Form Your LLC? The Truth About Wyoming, Delaware, and Your Home State

Live to Work or Work to Live? The Million Dollar Question
Technology
I Traded Charts for Government Data This Week — Here’s Why Growth Investors Should Too

The Jobs Report Nobody’s Talking About (But Should Be): What BLS Just Told Us About the Next 10 Years

Will Social Media Go Down Like Big Tobacco? The Verdict That Should Keep Zuckerberg Up at Night

The $69 Million Question: What the NFT Crash Taught Me About Skepticism and Speculation

The $925 Billion Question: Can Our Power Grid Handle the AI Data Center Boom?

The AI Investment Revolution: Why This Time Really Is Different
Media
The Brutal Truth About Self-Defense: Why Fighting Fair Can Get You Killed

The Shocking Truth: Why Some People Glamorize What They Can’t Live

The Haunting Injustice: “Trial 4” Exposes the Dark Underbelly of Policing

Godzilla: King of the Monsters, King of Hearts: A Look at the Enduring Fandom

The Allure of True Crime Stories
Society
I Traded Charts for Government Data This Week — Here’s Why Growth Investors Should Too

What I’m Teaching My 13-Year-Old About Work — Before the World Tries to Teach Him First

The Jobs Report Nobody’s Talking About (But Should Be): What BLS Just Told Us About the Next 10 Years

The Buy-Borrow-Die Hustle Ain’t For Everybody (And My Emergency Fund Ain’t Going Nowhere)

The Bank of Mom & Dad Is Closed: What I Really Owe My Son

Front Row Seat or Front Row Table? Why I’m Betting On Us Building Our Own Chairs

Front Street: Why Getting Out The Bed Is The Whole Game

The Real Cost of Chasing a Deed: What Nobody Tells You About Tax Lien Auctions

The Real Math of 2026: What It Actually Costs to Live in America Right Now
Culture
The Day I Told My Father No — And What It Cost Me to Grow

How You Was Raised Is Your Normal — And That’s the Whole Problem

The Rooney Rule Debate: When Both Sides Are Right

Standing on Empty Ground: What My Grandmother’s Land Taught Me About Legacy

When Hulkamania Ran Wild: A Personal Tribute to the Immortal Hulk Hogan

Random Thoughts on Faith, Morality, and Community

The Inspiring Truth About Jewish Identity: Debunking Common Misconceptions

The Astonishing Revival: How the Air Jordan 2 Defied Expectations

The Legendary Air Jordan 1: A Sneaker That Revolutionized Basketball and Fashion
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I Traded Charts for Government Data This Week — Here’s Why Growth Investors Should Too

by Van Phillips

September 5, 2026

I'm reallocating my Growth portfolio this week, and for the first time I ran the whole thesis through BLS Employment...

Life

What I’m Teaching My 13-Year-Old About Work — Before the World Tries to Teach Him First

by Van Phillips

September 5, 2026

Society

The Jobs Report Nobody’s Talking About (But Should Be): What BLS Just Told Us About the Next 10 Years

by Van Phillips

September 5, 2026

Society

The Buy-Borrow-Die Hustle Ain’t For Everybody (And My Emergency Fund Ain’t Going Nowhere)

by Van Phillips

August 20, 2026

Life

The Bank of Mom & Dad Is Closed: What I Really Owe My Son

by Van Phillips

August 2, 2026

Society

Front Row Seat or Front Row Table? Why I’m Betting On Us Building Our Own Chairs

by Van Phillips

July 28, 2026

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Culture

The Art of the Tip-Off: How Those First Few Seconds Set the Tone for 48 Minutes of Hoops

by Van Phillips

January 11, 2024

The opening tip-off is one of basketball's most iconic scenes. When executed properly, the tip-off can provide critical momentum right...

Society

It’s Time: Why America Needs Presidential Age Limits

by Van Phillips

June 25, 2025

Donald Trump's 79th birthday this month highlights an unprecedented reality in American democracy: we now have leaders making 20-30 year...

Society

The Police Are Not Your Friends – How Law Enforcement Lies and Manipulates to Get Convictions

by Van Phillips

September 24, 2023

The police frequently use dishonest tactics and manipulation during interrogations to secure convictions, even if it means putting innocent people...

Society

The Jobs Report Nobody’s Talking About (But Should Be): What BLS Just Told Us About the Next 10 Years

by Van Phillips

September 5, 2026

BLS just released its 2025–2035 jobs projections — and for the first time, graded every occupation's AI exposure. Healthcare dominates...

Society

The Buy-Borrow-Die Hustle Ain’t For Everybody (And My Emergency Fund Ain’t Going Nowhere)

by Van Phillips

August 20, 2026

Borrowing against your stock portfolio isn't the genius move YouTube makes it look like. Here's the real math on buy-borrow-die...

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