Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise

On What Is Normal Anyway?

Extreme defines the normal

May 31 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Petty Bourgeois Soul

Comfort, Management, and the Decline of Greatness in Modern America

May 25 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Last Human Vice

Alcohol, Nicotine, and the War Between Tradition and Optimization

May 22 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Privilege of Mercy

Power, Law, and the Moral Mask in The Merchant of Venice

May 3 • Richard L. Johnson

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April 2026

On The Doctrine of Fortitude

Principles for National Renewal

Apr 24 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Work Before Love

On Whisper of the Heart, Family, and the Formation Required to Be Worthy of Another

Apr 20 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Alien We Become

How humanity evolves into the very force it once feared

Apr 3 • Richard L. Johnson

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March 2026

On The New Oil Regime

Why the 1970s Still Matter and Why They Don’t Repeat

Mar 25 • Richard L. Johnson

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On Mobility and Mortality

Essay 6 of 17 in the Health Series: “The Body as Civilization”

Mar 21 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Shape of the Bitcoin Bottom

Bitcoin no longer crashes the way it used to...but it still bleeds in time

Mar 19 • Richard L. Johnson

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On The Disorder of Desire

Keynes, Augustine, and Girard on Abundance, Rivalry, and the Future of Civilization

Mar 8 • Richard L. Johnson

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January 2026

On Strength & Sovereignty

Essay 5 of 17 in the Health Series: “The Body as Civilization”

Jan 19 • Richard L. Johnson

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