Garry Rodgers's Blog

Step one. Don’t die. Life is renewed every morning, and having a purpose in your life is a must. You get to affirm it each day. The trick is to keep doing it. As they say… lather, rinse, and repeat. Right? I turn 69 years old tomorrow, and I woke up alive today. I hope […]

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Most people spend their lives believing that the deeper they learn, the wiser they’ll become—that one day, if they read enough, think hard, and ask the right questions, they’ll reach the high pinnacle of understanding. They’ll scale the mountain of wisdom and finally see the big picture. I used to believe that. But now I […]

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It’s the greatest mystery in mountaineering history. And it’s a question lingering at the top of the world for over a century. Did British climbers George Leigh Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924—nearly three decades before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay etched their names into eternity? The facts […]

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On the night of May 1, 2011, the world’s most feared terrorist faced the world’s most elite warriors. Inside a walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Osama bin Laden—architect of the September 11th attacks—looked into the night-visioned eyes of U.S. Navy SEALs who’d come to terminate his long campaign of terror. In those seconds, two contrasting […]

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There’s a market for almost anything—even the belongings of serial killers and mass murderers. A painting, a lock of hair, a handwritten note from a prison cell—ordinary objects become strangely valuable when they’re tied to a nefarious name. This is the shadow trade of murderabilia, a growing subculture where true crime and macabre profit collide […]

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Howard Hughes was a man who could design and test-fly an airplane, direct a movie, seduce a starlet, buy casino hotels, disappear for years, and still make headlines without showing his face. He was as much a symbol of American ambition as he was a cautionary tale of what unchecked wealth, genius, and madness can […]

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You’ve seen them. Earnest young activists shouting at clouds, gluing themselves to museum walls, and blocking traffic with coroplast signs warning that the world will end in twelve years unless we obey their vision of salvation—complete with windmills, solar panels, and vegan diets. They’re the same people Xing and Instagramming about carbon footprints from their […]

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The coroner ruled it a suicide. Case closed. Or was it?

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There are two invisible principles quietly overseeing the universe. They’re not political. They’re not mystical. And they don’t care about your beliefs, your ambitions, or your social status. These realities are compounding and entropy. One builds. The other breaks. Together, compounding and entropy form the dual engine and brake system for all of creation—from stars […]

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Occasionally, something special breaks out of the sadly predictable churn of visual entertainment slop and strikes a deep, resonant chord with the masses. Yellowstone, the modern Western TV series created by Taylor Sheridan, is one of those rare cultural lightning bolts. It’s not just a show—it’s a phenomenon.  And a natural, rational question is why? […]

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