Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.– Leo Tolstoy THINKING OUT LOUD The Lessons We Learn, Or Not…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Few people want to be saints nowadays, but everyone is trying to lose weight.–René Girard THINKING OUT LOUD What Is “News”? It’s what journalists…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Comparison is the thief of joy.– Theodore Roosevelt THINKING OUT LOUD The Best New Year’s Resolution According to Pew Research, about 30% of all…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Three words tell us the key to success: Always exceed expectations.–Yours Truly THINKING OUT LOUD Happy Birthday, Jesus! Okay, it’s a belated Happy Birthday,…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View, New and Improved! The longer the party lasts, the worse the hangover. Happy Holidays!– Yours Truly THINKING OUT LOUD What is The Leyendecker View?…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View It is a low benefit to give me something. It is a high benefit to enable me to do something for myself.  – Ralph Waldo…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View Think of inspiration as a force not immune to the laws of entropy.– Rick Rubin THINKING OUT LOUD Eating Crow It’s always easiest to…

Welcome to This Week’s Leyendecker View I show myself to be not in the least a clever speaker, unless indeed they call him a clever speaker who speaks the truth.–…