Posted on October 25, 2013 by Robert Ringer
The Milky Way Galaxy consists of something in the neighborhood of 100 to 400 billion stars, depending on which scientist you choose to believe. Further, the Milky Way — only one of hundreds of billions of galaxies in the known universe — is about 120,000 light years in diameter, an unfathomable distance. That said, if […]
Posted on October 21, 2013 by Robert Ringer
Isn’t it amazing how the best aphorisms prove themselves to be true year after year? Especially the one that tells us that every twenty-four hours the world turns over and somebody else is on top? Enter “I am Malala.” It’s not just the title of Malala Yousafzai’s new book; it’s become a global mantra. Who […]
Posted on October 5, 2013 by Bob Burg
“Self-Control is the very essence of character. To be able to look a man straight in the eye, calmly and deliberately, without the slightest ruffle of temper under extreme provocation, gives a sense of power which nothing else can give. To feel that you are always, not sometimes, master of yourself, gives a dignity and […]
Posted on September 25, 2013 by Robert Ringer
Thirteen people, including a three-year-old boy, shot in a South Side park in Chicago … thirteen more people killed just a few days earlier in the Washington Navy Yard … Newtown … Aurora … Tucson … Virginia Tech … everyone knows the locations by heart. About the only thing everyone agrees on is that these […]
Posted on July 16, 2013 by Robert Ringer
Over the years, the term self-help has been used in the publishing industry to refer to a wide variety of advice books, from diet and financial success to love relationships and the pursuit of peace and happiness. But what, exactly, is self-help? Does it really work? In simple terms, self-help is about learning, or figuring […]
Posted on July 9, 2013 by Robert Ringer
In an effort to continue to provide readers with the highest quality information about the workings of freedom and free markets as well as my insights into day-to-day life, I have recently made some significant changes that I wanted you to know about. The Web address of A Voice of Sanity has been changed to […]
Posted on April 17, 2013 by Robert Ringer
I occasionally receive e-mails from readers who take issue with my stance against teacher terrorism. However, even I am surprised by how few negative responses I get. In fact, I have been overwhelmed by e-mails from readers who are in agreement with most, if not all, of what I have to say. And usually it’s […]
Posted on April 6, 2013 by Robert Ringer
I promised to keep reminding you of the dangers to your health, wealth, and happiness if you allow yourself to fall into the trap of accepting a priori arguments as a basis for your actions. As I explained in my book Action! Nothing Happens Until Something Moves, the a priori argument is one of the […]
Posted on December 17, 2012 by Robert Ringer
So here we are again, trying to make sense out of senseless tragedy, tragedy made even more horrific by the fact that most of the victims were small children. And the news media, doing what they’re paid to do, have been analyzing the Newtown, Connecticut massacre from every conceivable point of view — mental illness, […]
Posted on November 26, 2012 by Robert Ringer
College football rivalries such as Army-Navy, Texas-Oklahoma, and Ohio State-Michigan involve much more than just games. They are bigger-than-life spectacles. So it was a big deal for my teenage son when I took him to what is arguably the greatest rivalry in college football, the Ohio State-Michigan game. Usually when I take my son to […]
