Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Right now, more and more of us are looking for new lines of work. This is entirely understandable. The past year and a half or so have been particularly difficult for many of us on many levels. Alongside fear for health, social isolation, and boredom, many of us have been…

I see it all the time now: We are hiring, and People don’t want to work Covid-19 has been a wake-up call for people who work shitty jobs for shitty pay. It’s like an awakening, it’s realizing that life is short and you don’t want to spend it working under…

About Brian Castner Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His most recent book is Stampede, a new history of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He is also the bestselling author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die, and the…

Norway’s beach handball players were each fined 150 euros for not wearing bikinis. The male organizers of the Olympics, want women to wear bikinis, while men get to wear shorts. How come men are not wearing speedos? How is this not sexism? The Norwegians wore regulation-sized black bikini bottoms through…

Nothing is more frustrating than having a fulfilling career and social life that suddenly and unexpectedly comes to a halt. When an accident or injury takes away your capacity to work, you are left with no choice but to learn to manage your now minimal budget. Many people are unable…

Driving on the road is a privilege, never forget that. It might slip your mind but you are not entitled to use the roads at all. Many of us think that driving is a right, but it’s far from it. This is why the penalties for misbehavior on the roads…