Sep 30, 2025
Roughly 1 in 93 Americans will die in a car accident. According to the National Safety Council, that’s the math—even after seatbelts, airbags, sensors, and the smartest cars we’ve ever built. Cal found that out the hard way, after being rear-ended by a cement truck on a Connecticut highway. The crash led him to...
Sep 23, 2025
Cal comes upon a book called The Fourth Turning Is Here which suggests that we’re in a historical cycle of crisis when institutions collapse and a new world order emerges. Then he walks through the natural institution known as Central Park and sees a world view that couldn’t be better. A short message to think about...
Sep 16, 2025
Two dates. Separated by decades. Bound by a thread we’d all prefer didn’t exist. Cal revisits the first—a day etched in memory that too many now treat as common behavior. He weighs the second—fresh in the headlines, heavy in the heart—and wonders if it’s a shadow of what lies ahead. The connections aren’t...
Sep 9, 2025
Raveling passed away early this month at 88 after living a life shaped by being in the right place at the right time — and knowing what to do when he got there. As a boy, after losing his father and seeing his mother institutionalized, he found stability at a Catholic boarding school. That path led him to become the...
Sep 2, 2025
Billie Eilish was just 13 when she recorded the song Ocean Eyes in the bedroom of her home and her brother Finneas uploaded it to SoundCloud. Within weeks, hundreds of thousands had listened to it. That’s how one haunting voice changed pop forever. Now, Cal’s friend Phillip is a finalist for SoundCloud’s...