Larry Jacob
@larryjacobjr.bsky.social
Writer, strategist, advisor, and doer.
Turns out “burn it down” isn’t a governing philosophy.
This week’s B Positive looks at what happens when revolutions become ego trips. And why it’s time for corporations to grow up, too.
Spoiler: the real radicals are the adults in the room.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/you-say-yo...
This week’s B Positive looks at what happens when revolutions become ego trips. And why it’s time for corporations to grow up, too.
Spoiler: the real radicals are the adults in the room.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/you-say-yo...
You Say You Want a Revolution
Growing Up Means Burning It Down
bpositivenow.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Turns out “burn it down” isn’t a governing philosophy.
This week’s B Positive looks at what happens when revolutions become ego trips. And why it’s time for corporations to grow up, too.
Spoiler: the real radicals are the adults in the room.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/you-say-yo...
This week’s B Positive looks at what happens when revolutions become ego trips. And why it’s time for corporations to grow up, too.
Spoiler: the real radicals are the adults in the room.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/you-say-yo...
America’s next crisis is your electric bill. Energy demand is exploding. The grid’s a relic. And policy’s stuck somewhere between denial and delusion. Let's talk about what we can do about it - bpositivenow.substack.com/p/energy-aff...
Energy Affordability
Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
bpositivenow.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
America’s next crisis is your electric bill. Energy demand is exploding. The grid’s a relic. And policy’s stuck somewhere between denial and delusion. Let's talk about what we can do about it - bpositivenow.substack.com/p/energy-aff...
“Make America Healthy Again.”
While holding SNAP benefits hostage. More than 17 million kids could pay the price for ideology.
Let's hope Trump listens to the federal judge—this time.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-maha-f...
While holding SNAP benefits hostage. More than 17 million kids could pay the price for ideology.
Let's hope Trump listens to the federal judge—this time.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-maha-f...
The MAHA Follies
From Donuts to Deadly Delusions
bpositivenow.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Make America Healthy Again.”
While holding SNAP benefits hostage. More than 17 million kids could pay the price for ideology.
Let's hope Trump listens to the federal judge—this time.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-maha-f...
While holding SNAP benefits hostage. More than 17 million kids could pay the price for ideology.
Let's hope Trump listens to the federal judge—this time.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-maha-f...
Too many Corporate Kings are selling out — or sitting out — when the country needs leadership most.
Corporate Kings: Hey, if you’re citizens, then act like it
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Corporate Kings: Hey, if you’re citizens, then act like it
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/corporate-...
Corporate Kings
Hey, if you're citizens, then act like it.
bpositivenow.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Too many Corporate Kings are selling out — or sitting out — when the country needs leadership most.
Corporate Kings: Hey, if you’re citizens, then act like it
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/corporate-...
Corporate Kings: Hey, if you’re citizens, then act like it
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/corporate-...
Fear sells. It sold the legend of Jesse James — and it’s selling the politics of 2025. "Find your line and hold it."
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-outlaw...
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-outlaw...
The Outlaw Myth and the Politics of Fear
From Jesse James to the politics of manufactured fear, how we remember history defines what comes next.
bpositivenow.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Fear sells. It sold the legend of Jesse James — and it’s selling the politics of 2025. "Find your line and hold it."
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-outlaw...
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-outlaw...
Ultra-left think tank claims Americans are bearing the brunt of Trump’s tariffs. Oh wait. It was Goldman Sachs. A new report says U.S. consumers will cover ~55% of the costs.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says
The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in the run-up to his re-election.
www.nbcnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ultra-left think tank claims Americans are bearing the brunt of Trump’s tariffs. Oh wait. It was Goldman Sachs. A new report says U.S. consumers will cover ~55% of the costs.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
www.nbcnews.com/business/con...
Loyalty isn’t competence.
My latest B Positive looks at the Trump hiring “machine” — a system built on sameness, fear, and rot.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/sameness-i...
My latest B Positive looks at the Trump hiring “machine” — a system built on sameness, fear, and rot.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/sameness-i...
Sameness is the Weakness
Inside Trump's Hires and Their Power to Rot
bpositivenow.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Loyalty isn’t competence.
My latest B Positive looks at the Trump hiring “machine” — a system built on sameness, fear, and rot.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/sameness-i...
My latest B Positive looks at the Trump hiring “machine” — a system built on sameness, fear, and rot.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/sameness-i...
Cheaters never win? My kids laughed at me when I said that.
And looking around — from pee-wee football to crypto coins to politics — they might be right.
Cheaters do win… if we let them convince us it’s normal.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/cheaters-d...
And looking around — from pee-wee football to crypto coins to politics — they might be right.
Cheaters do win… if we let them convince us it’s normal.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/cheaters-d...
Cheaters Do Win
But Only If We Let It Be Normal
bpositivenow.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Cheaters never win? My kids laughed at me when I said that.
And looking around — from pee-wee football to crypto coins to politics — they might be right.
Cheaters do win… if we let them convince us it’s normal.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/cheaters-d...
And looking around — from pee-wee football to crypto coins to politics — they might be right.
Cheaters do win… if we let them convince us it’s normal.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/cheaters-d...
This week’s B Positive is about how algorithms warp what we see.
Which means you probably won’t see this.
Irony’s fun like that.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rethink
Which means you probably won’t see this.
Irony’s fun like that.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rethink
ReThink
Turn it off. Talk to Each Other.
bpositivenow.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week’s B Positive is about how algorithms warp what we see.
Which means you probably won’t see this.
Irony’s fun like that.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rethink
Which means you probably won’t see this.
Irony’s fun like that.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rethink
New B Positive. This one’s about guns and the politics of pretending we can’t do anything. We can. But it starts by refusing to look away.
🔗 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/we-cant-ig...
#BPositive #GunViolence #PoliticalReform #NewsletterDrop
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#BPositive #GunViolence #PoliticalReform #NewsletterDrop
We Can't Ignore the Obvious
TL;DR - It's the Guns
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September 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New B Positive. This one’s about guns and the politics of pretending we can’t do anything. We can. But it starts by refusing to look away.
🔗 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/we-cant-ig...
#BPositive #GunViolence #PoliticalReform #NewsletterDrop
🔗 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/we-cant-ig...
#BPositive #GunViolence #PoliticalReform #NewsletterDrop
After a really dark week in America, I'm taking a short pause in writing new posts.
Reposting one of my first—and very timely—pieces.
In dark times, history shows us that courage doesn’t always mean winning. Sometimes it means refusing to go quietly.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/fighting-b...
Reposting one of my first—and very timely—pieces.
In dark times, history shows us that courage doesn’t always mean winning. Sometimes it means refusing to go quietly.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/fighting-b...
Fighting Back with Hope
Redux: The White Rose and the Strength We Need
bpositivenow.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After a really dark week in America, I'm taking a short pause in writing new posts.
Reposting one of my first—and very timely—pieces.
In dark times, history shows us that courage doesn’t always mean winning. Sometimes it means refusing to go quietly.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/fighting-b...
Reposting one of my first—and very timely—pieces.
In dark times, history shows us that courage doesn’t always mean winning. Sometimes it means refusing to go quietly.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/fighting-b...
Crime is down. But when people see broken glass and boarded-up doors, they don’t feel safe.
And politics is about feelings.
That’s why Trump leans on crime — and why both the Left and Right keep getting it wrong.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/crime-is-a...
And politics is about feelings.
That’s why Trump leans on crime — and why both the Left and Right keep getting it wrong.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/crime-is-a...
Crime is a Feeling Thing
Crime, Data, and Reality
bpositivenow.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Crime is down. But when people see broken glass and boarded-up doors, they don’t feel safe.
And politics is about feelings.
That’s why Trump leans on crime — and why both the Left and Right keep getting it wrong.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/crime-is-a...
And politics is about feelings.
That’s why Trump leans on crime — and why both the Left and Right keep getting it wrong.
New B Positive: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/crime-is-a...
Convocation for my son’s freshman class: 60+ countries, 49 states, every background imaginable. It struck me how much talent we have and how much we risk losing. If we don’t fight for their freedom to be themselves, they’ll leave. Full B Positive here: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/they-wont-...
They Won’t Fail Us, If We Don’t Fail Them
We risk losing a ton of talented young people
bpositivenow.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Convocation for my son’s freshman class: 60+ countries, 49 states, every background imaginable. It struck me how much talent we have and how much we risk losing. If we don’t fight for their freedom to be themselves, they’ll leave. Full B Positive here: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/they-wont-...
Drop-off done. Tears, pride, and a 2:18 AM hotel panic later, I wrote my latest B Positive about sending my son to college.
Advice, metaphors (Pike’s Peak panic rides), and reflections on the world this generation is inheriting.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/218-am
Advice, metaphors (Pike’s Peak panic rides), and reflections on the world this generation is inheriting.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/218-am
2:18 AM
A Father's Gift on College Drop-off
bpositivenow.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Drop-off done. Tears, pride, and a 2:18 AM hotel panic later, I wrote my latest B Positive about sending my son to college.
Advice, metaphors (Pike’s Peak panic rides), and reflections on the world this generation is inheriting.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/218-am
Advice, metaphors (Pike’s Peak panic rides), and reflections on the world this generation is inheriting.
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/218-am
College drop-off is Monday.
Masculinity’s a mess right now. From online “alphas” to political strongmen. I’ve tried to show my son a different version: empathy + strength + willingness to change.
New B Positive post: The Masculinity Riddle
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-mascul...
Masculinity’s a mess right now. From online “alphas” to political strongmen. I’ve tried to show my son a different version: empathy + strength + willingness to change.
New B Positive post: The Masculinity Riddle
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-mascul...
The Masculinity Riddle
Trying My Damndest To Help My Son Be Better Than Me
bpositivenow.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
College drop-off is Monday.
Masculinity’s a mess right now. From online “alphas” to political strongmen. I’ve tried to show my son a different version: empathy + strength + willingness to change.
New B Positive post: The Masculinity Riddle
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-mascul...
Masculinity’s a mess right now. From online “alphas” to political strongmen. I’ve tried to show my son a different version: empathy + strength + willingness to change.
New B Positive post: The Masculinity Riddle
bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-mascul...
One week, two orientations:
🎓 My son’s college.
👵 My parents’ retirement community.
This week’s B Positive explores what it means to age in America, what families face without a plan, and how Medicaid cuts make a bad situation worse.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
🎓 My son’s college.
👵 My parents’ retirement community.
This week’s B Positive explores what it means to age in America, what families face without a plan, and how Medicaid cuts make a bad situation worse.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
The Other Orientation
A Sandwich Generation Snapshot and a Side of Bad Policy
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August 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One week, two orientations:
🎓 My son’s college.
👵 My parents’ retirement community.
This week’s B Positive explores what it means to age in America, what families face without a plan, and how Medicaid cuts make a bad situation worse.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
🎓 My son’s college.
👵 My parents’ retirement community.
This week’s B Positive explores what it means to age in America, what families face without a plan, and how Medicaid cuts make a bad situation worse.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
I may have coached my last baseball game.
We lost—but the real loss is what baseball is losing: kids, communities, and the joy of just playing.
This week on B Positive: The Last Game? Baseball, Boys, and What We’ve Lost
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We lost—but the real loss is what baseball is losing: kids, communities, and the joy of just playing.
This week on B Positive: The Last Game? Baseball, Boys, and What We’ve Lost
open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
The Last Game?
Baseball, Boys, and What We've Lost
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I may have coached my last baseball game.
We lost—but the real loss is what baseball is losing: kids, communities, and the joy of just playing.
This week on B Positive: The Last Game? Baseball, Boys, and What We’ve Lost
open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
We lost—but the real loss is what baseball is losing: kids, communities, and the joy of just playing.
This week on B Positive: The Last Game? Baseball, Boys, and What We’ve Lost
open.substack.com/pub/bpositiv...
🏗️ Rebuilding Abundance 🏗️
Foundations don't have to be check‑writers—they can help fulfill America's promise. In my new Substack post, I trace six pillars from FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights to concrete actions philanthropies can take right now. bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
Foundations don't have to be check‑writers—they can help fulfill America's promise. In my new Substack post, I trace six pillars from FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights to concrete actions philanthropies can take right now. bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
Rebuilding Abundance
How Foundations Can Help Build What We've Never Had
bpositivenow.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏗️ Rebuilding Abundance 🏗️
Foundations don't have to be check‑writers—they can help fulfill America's promise. In my new Substack post, I trace six pillars from FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights to concrete actions philanthropies can take right now. bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
Foundations don't have to be check‑writers—they can help fulfill America's promise. In my new Substack post, I trace six pillars from FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights to concrete actions philanthropies can take right now. bpositivenow.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
My latest post for B Positive is personal, uncomfortable, and overdue.
➤ Growing up around racism
➤ Where foundation efforts fell short
➤ How foundations can focus on real results, not just language
👉 Race to the Top: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/race-to-th...
➤ Growing up around racism
➤ Where foundation efforts fell short
➤ How foundations can focus on real results, not just language
👉 Race to the Top: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/race-to-th...
Race to the Top
How Foundations Can Move from Performative to Results
bpositivenow.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My latest post for B Positive is personal, uncomfortable, and overdue.
➤ Growing up around racism
➤ Where foundation efforts fell short
➤ How foundations can focus on real results, not just language
👉 Race to the Top: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/race-to-th...
➤ Growing up around racism
➤ Where foundation efforts fell short
➤ How foundations can focus on real results, not just language
👉 Race to the Top: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/race-to-th...
“Opening the Black Box: Why Foundations Must Change to Meet the Moment.” Foundations can do more than just manage unrest. But they’ll need to get honest about bias, ego, and what’s actually working.
🎧 Read/listen: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/opening-th...
🎧 Read/listen: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/opening-th...
Opening the Black Box
Why Foundations Must Change to Meet the Moment
bpositivenow.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Opening the Black Box: Why Foundations Must Change to Meet the Moment.” Foundations can do more than just manage unrest. But they’ll need to get honest about bias, ego, and what’s actually working.
🎧 Read/listen: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/opening-th...
🎧 Read/listen: bpositivenow.substack.com/p/opening-th...
A brutal week in D.C. — safety nets shredded, energy policy scrapped, $3 trillion deficit. And yet…hell yes, I’m celebrating the Fourth of July. Not as we were or are, but as we will be. 🇺🇸 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
Don't Let Them Take Patriotism From Us
Let America Be America Again
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July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A brutal week in D.C. — safety nets shredded, energy policy scrapped, $3 trillion deficit. And yet…hell yes, I’m celebrating the Fourth of July. Not as we were or are, but as we will be. 🇺🇸 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
Elections “reset the board,” but real change lives in civic partnerships. In my latest post on B Positive, I use KC Mayor Sly James’s dedication ceremony to show why a robust civil society is our best shot at durable progress.
Read & react 👉 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Read & react 👉 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Taking The Long View
Elections reset the board. Civil Society can keep the game going.
bpositivenow.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Elections “reset the board,” but real change lives in civic partnerships. In my latest post on B Positive, I use KC Mayor Sly James’s dedication ceremony to show why a robust civil society is our best shot at durable progress.
Read & react 👉 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Read & react 👉 bpositivenow.substack.com/p/taking-the...
I wrote a follow-up to @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social Substack post on No Kings Day (which featured a pic of mine). Proud Boys threats, & what grown-up policy looks like. New piece up now 👉https://bpositivenow.substack.com/p/pushing-through-the-fear
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I wrote a follow-up to @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social Substack post on No Kings Day (which featured a pic of mine). Proud Boys threats, & what grown-up policy looks like. New piece up now 👉https://bpositivenow.substack.com/p/pushing-through-the-fear
Decided to channel my anger this week into a story on identity.
June 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Decided to channel my anger this week into a story on identity.
Leave the playground spat for a minute. Here's a personal story. Left a big foundation job, became “Lead Dad,” watched my kid crash with adrenal failure. Wrote about the screw-ups, the privilege & why masculinity needs an update.Dive in → bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-lead-d...
The Lead Dad Years
Two Years, Two Diagnoses, One New Playbook
bpositivenow.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Leave the playground spat for a minute. Here's a personal story. Left a big foundation job, became “Lead Dad,” watched my kid crash with adrenal failure. Wrote about the screw-ups, the privilege & why masculinity needs an update.Dive in → bpositivenow.substack.com/p/the-lead-d...