Fighting Social Contagions

Can you imagine five consecutive presidential victories for the Democrats in the near future…five consecutive terms of Democrats in the White House? Can you imagine the horror for our country?

MY TOP COINCIDENCE INVOLVING ANNIVERSARIES FROM TWO YEARS AGO…

Hugh Hefner’s 25 year-old fiancee second-guessing their wedding in 2011…25 years after the nightmare birthing scene from the 1986 remake of a movie based on a short story published in Hefner’s magazine.

Five consecutive terms of Democrats in the White House in the near future. Something to think about for Republican lawmakers intent on unending tax cuts for the super-rich while the national debt is climbing towards $40 trillion. Sweet dreams, people. Sweet dreams.

Proverbs 29:14

The Late 1960’s / Early 1970’s…And Current Events

April 7, 2026 by Blogging For 20 Years • History, News, Sports • 0 Comments

TWO EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES OF THE LATE 1960’S / EARLY 1970’S

Americans walking on the moon
Devout Christian John Wooden winning seven consecutive NCAA Mens’ Basketball Tournament Championships

CURRENT EVENTS

Artemis II
The difficulty of winning three NCAA Championships in four years. (Winning three in a row coaching mens’ basketball has never happened outside of the late 1960’s / early 1970’s.)

Seems like there are other current news events connected to some of the other 19 coincidences of the late 1960’s /early 1970’s.

Coaches Who Won The Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament

March 14, 2026 by Blogging For 20 Years • Sports, Success • 0 Comments

1939-1959

1939 Howard Hobson
1940 Branch McCracken
1941 Bud Foster
1942 Everett Dean
1943 Everett Shelton
1944 Vadal Peterson
1945 Henry Iba
1946 Henry Iba
1947 Alvin Julian
1948 Adolph Rupp
1949 Adolph Rupp
1950 Nat Holman
1951 Adolph Rupp
1952 Forrest Allen
1953 Branch McCracken
1954 Kenneth Loeffler
1955 Phil Woolpert
1956 Phil Woolpert
1957 Frank McGuire
1958 Adolph Rupp
1959 Pete Newell

Winning three men’s NCAA championships in three years has never happened outside of the late 1960’s / early 1970’s.

Coaches Who Won The Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament

March 14, 2026 by Blogging For 20 Years • Religion, Sports, Success • 0 Comments

1960-1990

1960 Fred Taylor
1961 Edwin Jucker
1962 Edwin Jucker
1963 George Ireland
1964 John Wooden
1965 John Wooden
1966 Don Haskins
1967 John Wooden
1968 John Wooden
1969 John Wooden
1970 John Wooden
1971 John Wooden
1972 John Wooden
1973 John Wooden
1974 Norm Sloan
1975 John Wooden
1976 Bob Knight
1977 Al McGuire
1978 Joe Hall
1979 Jud Heathcote
1980 Denny Crum
1981 Bob Knight
1982 Dean Smith
1983 Jim Valvano
1984 John Thompson
1985 Rollie Massimino
1986 Denny Crum
1987 Bob Knight
1988 Larry Brown
1989 Steve Fisher
1990 Jerry Tarkanian

Some people on television say that life is random. In light of the 21 extraordinary coincidences of the late 1960’s / early 1970’s, does this list look random to you?

Coaches Who Won The Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament

March 13, 2026 by Blogging For 20 Years • Sports, Success • 0 Comments

1991-2026

1991 Mike Krzyzewski
1992 Mike Krzyzewski
1993 Dean Smith
1994 Nolan Richardson
1995 Jim Harrick
1996 Rick Pitino
1997 Lute Olson
1998 Tubby Smith
1999 Jim Calhoun
2000 Tom Izzo
2001 Mike Krzyzewski
2002 Gary Williams
2003 Jim Boehiem
2004 Jim Calhoun
2005 Roy Williams
2006 Billy Donovan
2007 Billy Donovan
2008 Bill Self
2009 Roy Williams
2010 Mike Krzyzewski
2011 Jim Calhoun
2012 John Calipari
2013 Rick Pitino
2014 Kevin Ollie
2015 Mike Krzyzewski
2016 Jay Wright
2017 Roy Williams
2018 Jay Wright
2019 Tony Bennett
2021 Scott Drew
2022 Bill Self
2023 Dan Hurley
2024 Dan Hurley
2025 Todd Golden
2026 Dusty May

Winning three men’s NCAA championships in four years must be hard.

Income Taxes & The White House

March 24, 2025 by Blogging For 20 Years • Financial, Law, Politics • 0 Comments

ONE OF TWENTY-ONE COINCIDENCES FROM THE LATE 1960’s / EARLY 1970’s

Nixon’s vice-president, Spiro Agnew, would have been the 38th president. But he had to resign from office in October of 1973 for failing to report $29,500 of income in 1967. It’s called income tax evasion. Otherwise, he would have been the 38th president.

I feel a loop coming on.

INCOME TAXES & THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS

“If anyone from the IRS is watching, I forgot to file my 1040 Return and I meant to do it today, but…” / “That’s no joke. They’ll jump on him.” –from Apollo 13

THE INCOME OF TEST PILOTS

“A controversy arose over just how much bonus Slick Goodlin should receive for assaulting the dread Mach 1 itself. Bonuses for contract test pilots were not unusual, but the figure of $150,000 was now bruited about. The Army balked, and Yeager got the job. He took it for $283 a month, or $3,396 a year, which is to say, his regular Army captain’s pay.” –from the book The Right Stuff